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	interprétation consécutive
	interprétation simultanée
	interpréter
	interpropositionnel
	interrogatif
	interrogation
	interrogation générale
	interrogation particulière
	interrompu
	intersection
	intertexte
	intertextualité
	intertextuel
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yes/no question

[Subentry of question]

Fr    interrogation générale, interrogation totale, question totale

Synonym(s): polar interrogative, polar question

Antonym(s): WH-question

Source(s): Akmajian etal. 1984: 477-479; Clark & Clark 1977: 100-101; Crystal 2003: 506; DIK II 1997: 260; Eggins 1994: 173-174; ELL: 5188; Givon 1984: 782f. (also "focused yes/no question", "clefted yes/no question"); Haegeman 1991: 274; Halliday & Hasan 1976: 178, 208; Halliday 1994: 45; Kess 1992: 159; Kroeger 2005: 203 (= closed question); Leech 1983: 116; Lyons 1971: 308; Lyons 1977: 754; Matthews 1997: 285; Palmatier 1972: 201 (= simple question, truth value question); Quirk etal. 1985: 806; Richards etal. 1992: 411; Sperber & Wilson 1988: 252; Trask 1993: 308; Wales 1989: 258

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