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| has gloss | (noun) a question that can be answered by yes or no yes-no question |
| has gloss | eng: In linguistics, a yes-no question, formally known as a polar question, is a question whose expected answer is either "yes" or "no". Formally, they present an exclusive disjunction, a pair of alternatives of which only one is acceptable. In the English language, such questions can be formed in both positive and negative forms (e.g. "Will you be here tomorrow?" and "Won't you be here tomorrow?"). |
| lexicalization | eng: Yes no question |
| lexicalization | eng: yes-no question |
| lexicalization | eng: Yes/-no question |
| lexicalization | eng: Yes/no question |
| lexicalization | eng: Yesno question |
| subclass of | (noun) a sentence of inquiry that asks for a reply; "he asked a direct question"; "he had trouble phrasing his interrogations" question, interrogative, interrogation, interrogative sentence |
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| has gloss | deu: Die Entscheidungsfrage (auch: Ja-Nein-Frage, Satzfrage) ist ein Typ von Fragesatz. Entscheidungsfragen sind die Fragen, auf die man nur mit Ja oder mit Nein antworten kann. |
| lexicalization | deu: Entscheidungsfrage |
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| lexicalization | fin: kyllä |
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| lexicalization | nld: ja-neevraag |
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| similar | e/Yes-no question |
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