Editing Interrogative (section)

{{Short description|Clause type associated with questions}}
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An '''interrogative clause'''  is a [[clause]] whose form is typically associated with [[question]]-like meanings. For instance, the English [[sentence (linguistics)|sentence]] "Is Hannah sick?" has interrogative syntax which distinguishes it from its [[Declarative sentence|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 (linguistics)|complement]] of the embedding verb "know".

Languages vary in how they form interrogatives. When a language has a dedicated interrogative [[inflection]]al form, it is often referred to as '''interrogative''' '''[[grammatical mood]].'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sil.org/linguistics/GlossaryOflinguisticTerms/WhatIsInterrogativeMood.htm|title=What is interrogative mood?|publisher=SIL International|work=Glossary of linguistic terms|last=Loos|first=Eugene E. |author2=Susan Anderson |author3=Dwight H. Day Jr |author4=Paul C. Jordan |author5=J. Douglas Wingate |access-date=2009-12-28}}</ref> Interrogative mood or other interrogative forms may be denoted by the [[list of glossing abbreviations|glossing abbreviation]] {{sc|'''int'''}}.