Prior work on wh-movement has distinguished among several types of wh-fronting languages that permit distinct patterns of overt and covert movement, instantiated for example by the Slavic languages, English, and German. This paper extends the cross-linguistic typology of multiple questions by arguing that Hebrew instantiates a new kind of wh-fronting language, unlike any that are discussed in t...

Marshallese, an Oceanic language spoken on the atolls of the Marshall Islands, has a question particle, ke, which may appear in one of a number of positions in yes/no interrogatives. Interestingly, the availability of certain positions depends upon whether the sentential context is affirmative or negative. In (1), we demonstrate the various grammatical and ungrammatical positions of ke in affir...

Question classification is one of the most important components in a question answering (QA) system. When there are fewer features in a question can be used for classification, the interrogative word and focus in question are critical features. Most previous studies in question classification used heuristic rules to identify the focus and interrogative word in question. In this paper, a statist...

Clause-embedding predicates come in three major varieties: (i) responsive predicates (e.g. know) are compatible with both declarative and interrogative complements, (ii) rogative predicates (e.g. wonder) are only compatible with interrogative complements, and (iii) anti-rogative predicates (e.g. hope) are only compatible with declarative complements. It has recently been suggested that these se...

Reasoning by interrogation is one of the most ancient and experimented ways of reasoning. Originated by the Aristotelian elenchus, it has been used for many purposes, such as the resolution of mathematical and daily problems [25], [26], the discovery of new knowledge [19], [34], [36], the realization of questioning/answering processes [23]. In this paper we present the conceptual foundations of...

Interrogative suggestibility refers to the tendency of individuals to accept suggestive information in an interrogative context. Gudjonsson and Clark (1986) have developed a theoretical model of suggestibility, and contend that suggestibility is mediated by an individual's cognitive abilities, mental state and personality characteristics. In particular, they emphasize the role of coping strateg...

Şeyhülislam Yahya klasik şiirimizin en önemli temsilcilerinden biridir. O, tarzda yazdığı şiirlerinde sade ve fasih bir dil kullanmış, söz sanatlarına çok fazla rağbet etmeden sözünü daha doğal Türkçenin yapısına uygun farklı tasarruflarla etkili kılmaya çalışmıştır. Bu tasarruflardan birisi de şiirdeki inşa (tasarlama) ifadelerinin fazlaca kullanılmasıdır. Gerek bilgisi gerek belagat kitapları...

Compared to the prosody study in statement-like sentence, little research has been conducted in interrogative sentence, which will definitely improve the naturalness of spoken dialog system. This paper proposes a computational model to assign stress in interrogative sentences using linguistic knowledge. We firstly investigate the interrogative sentences perceptually to label their stress locati...