Also known as int., interrogative sentence
An interrogative clause is a clause whose form is typically associated with question-like meanings. For instance, the English sentence "Is Hannah sick?" has interrogative syntax which distinguishes it from its declarative counterpart "Hannah is sick". Also, the additional question mark closing the statement assures that the reader is informed of the interrogative mood. Interrogative clauses may sometimes be embedded within a phrase, for example: "Paul knows who is sick", where the interrogative clause "who is sick" serves as complement of the embedding verb "know".
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Mood is a feature that expresses modality and subclassifies finite verb forms. The indicative can be considered the default mood. A verb in indicative merely states that something happens, has happened or will happen, without adding any attitude of the speaker. The conditional mood is used to express actions that would have taken place under some circumstances but they actually did not / do not happen. Grammars of some languages may classify conditional as tense (rather than mood) but e.g. in Czech it combines with two different tenses (past and present). The subjunctive mood is used under certain circumstances in subordinate clauses, typically for actions that are subjective or otherwise uncertain. In German, it may be also used to convey the conditional meaning. The quotative mood is used e.g. in Estonian to denote direct speech. The boundary between this mood and the non-first-hand Evident iality is blurred. The necessitative mood expresses necessity and corresponds to the modal verbs “must, should, have to”: “He must come .” Verbs in some languages have a special interrogative form that is used in yes-no questions. This is attested, for instance, in the Turkic languages. Celtic languages have it for the copula but not for normal verbs. Expresses surprise, irony or doubt. Occurs in Albanian, other Balkan languages, and in Caddo (Native American from Oklahoma).
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Article · 日本語
疑問（ぎもん、英: interrogative）とは、典型的な場合として質問者が相手に答と言う形で情報の提示を求める際に用いられる様々な形式をとる言語表現のことである。あるいは、疑問とは応答要求それ自体を指し、疑問文は単にそれを表現する文であるとも言ってもよいが、ここでは疑問文についての解説を行う。 疑問文は例えば、命令が応答を期待して使われるのと同様である点で他の要求表現と類似のものである。実際"Would you pass the butter?"（バター、とってくれません？）のような表現では疑問文という文法形式を採用しているが、機能は答ではなく行動の要求である；このような表現は、ここではむしろ要求として扱うことにする。 疑問文は多くの副次的用法を持つ：哲学的問いとして質問者にの方向を示す。修辞疑問文（反語など）は要点を強調するために発せられ、答は期待されていない（多くの場合答は疑問文自体に含まれるか、明白かである）。"Have you stopped beating your wife?"（もう奥さんをなぐっていないだろうね？）のような前提的疑問文は、答えうるものが何であれ、その人が断定しようと望んでいること以上の情報を含んでしまうだろうから、冗談として用いられたり、相手を困らせるために用いられたりする場合がある。疑問文は芸術作品や文学作品の題としても使われうる（例えばトルストイの短編en:How Much Land Does a Man Need?や映画en:What About Bob?）。
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