A Grammar of Italian Sign Language (LIS)

1.2.3. Content interrogatives

Content interrogatives are used to ask the addressee to fill in some specific missing information. In LIS, as in many languages, they contain a specialized set of interrogative words or phrases. Since in English most of these interrogatives contain the morpheme wh-, content interrogatives are sometimes called wh-interrogatives.

         An example of direct content interrogative in LIS is provided below.

 

 

 

                                                wh

         A:           ix2 buy what

         B:           ice_cream

         ‘What did you buy?’ ‘Ice cream.’

 

Below, we show an example of indirect content interrogative.

 

 

 

                                                      wh

         ix3 3ask1 buy ix1 what ix1

         ‘He asked me what I bought.’


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Chiara Branchini & Lara Mantovan

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© 2020 Chiara Branchini, Chiara Calderone, Carlo Cecchetto, Alessandra Checchetto, Elena Fornasiero, Lara Mantovan & Mirko Santoro

Bibliographical reference for citation

The entire grammar:
Branchini, Chiara and Lara Mantovan (eds.). 2020. A Grammar of Italian Sign Language (LIS). 1st ed. (SIGN-HUB Sign Language Grammar Series). (http://sign-hub.eu/grammars/...) (Accessed 31-10-2021)

A Chapter:
Smith, Mary. 2020. Syntax: 3. Coordination and Subordination. In Branchini, Chiara and Lara Mantovan (eds.), A Grammar of Italian Sign Language (LIS). 1st ed. (SIGN-HUB Sign Language Grammar Series), 230-237. ((http://sign-hub.eu/grammars/...) (Accessed 31-10-2021)

A Section:
Smith, Mary. 2020. Phonology: 1.1.1.2. Finger configuration. In Mary, Smith, Ben Smith and Carlo Smith (eds.), A Grammar of Catalan Sign Language (LSC). 1st ed. (SIGN-HUB Sign Language Grammar Series), 230-237. (http://sign-hub.eu/grammars/...) (Accessed 31-10-2021)

Smith, Mary. 2020. Syntax: 3.1.2.1.3. Manual markers in disjunctive coordination. In Mary, Smith, Ben Smith and Carlo Smith (eds.), A Grammar of Catalan Sign Language (LSC). 1st edn. (SIGN-HUB Sign Language Grammar Series), 230-237. (http://sign-hub.eu/grammars/...) (Accessed 31-10-2021)

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