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	In Toaq, this is a {{tone\|3}} [[content clause]] starting with {{t\|mä}} (if/whether) or {{t\|tïo}} (how much), or containing a question word like {{t\|hí}} (which?) or {{t\|rí}} (this or that?).		In Toaq, this is a {{tone\|3}} [[content clause]] starting with {{t\|mä}} (if/whether) or {{t\|tïo}} (how much), or containing a question word like {{t\|hí}} (which?) or {{t\|rí}} (this or that?).

	{{Example\|Bu dua jí <u>mä ao cho súq ní lua</u> da.\|I don't know <u>if you'd like this story</u>.}}		{{Example\|Bu dua jí, <u>mä ao cho súq ní lua</u> da.\|I don't know <u>if you'd like this story</u>.}}

	{{Example\|Duashao jí <u>ꝡä tısha nháo râo hí</u> da.\|I wonder <u>when they'll arrive</u>.}}		{{Example\|Duashao jí, <u>ꝡä tısha nháo râo hí</u> da.\|I wonder <u>when they'll arrive</u>.}}

	== Overview ==		== Overview ==

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	An '''indirect question''' (or more linguistically, '''embedded interrogative''' or '''interrogative content clause''') is a subclause that looks like a question.		An '''indirect question''' (or more linguistically, '''embedded interrogative''' or '''interrogative content clause''') is a subclause that looks like a question.

	In Toaq, this is a {{tone\|5}} [[content clause]] starting with {{t\|mâ}} (if/whether) or {{t\|~~tîo~~}} (how much), or containing a question word like {{t\|hı}} (which?) or {{t\|rı}} (this or that?).		In Toaq, this is a {{tone\|3}} [[content clause]] starting with {{t\|mä}} (if/whether) or {{t\|tïo}} (how much), or containing a question word like {{t\|hí}} (which?) or {{t\|rí}} (this or that?).

	{{Example\|~~Bủ dủa~~ jí <u>~~mâ ảo chỏ~~ súq ní ~~lủa~~</u> da.\|I don't know <u>if you'd like this story</u>.}}		{{Example\|Bu dua jí <u>mä ao cho súq ní lua</u> da.\|I don't know <u>if you'd like this story</u>.}}

	{{Example\|~~Dủashao~~ jí <u>~~tîsha~~ nháo ~~rào hı~~</u> da.\|I wonder <u>when they'll arrive</u>.}}		{{Example\|Duashao jí <u>ꝡä tısha nháo râo hí</u> da.\|I wonder <u>when they'll arrive</u>.}}

	== Overview ==		== Overview ==
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	⟦{{t\|~~tîshaı hı~~}}⟧ = {‘{{t\|~~tỉshaı~~ mí A}}’, ‘{{t\|~~tỉshaı~~ mí B}}’, ‘{{t\|~~tỉshaı~~ mí C}}’, …}		⟦{{t\|ꝡä tıshaı hí}}⟧ = {‘{{t\|tıshaı mí A}}’, ‘{{t\|tıshaı mí B}}’, ‘{{t\|tıshaı mí C}}’, …}
	</blockquote>		</blockquote>

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 * The theory that top-level questions (''Which boat is yours?'') are reduceable to an imperative statement with an indirect question (Bring it about that I know which boat is yours!) is known as the '''imperative-epistemic theory of wh-questions''', and seems to be pretty widely accepted.
 * The issue that questions that happen to have the same answer shouldn't be considered equivalent (e.g. I know which boat is his vs. I know who owns the SS Toaq), is known as the '''problem of convergent knowledge'''.
 == See also ==

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	An '''indirect question''' (or more linguistically, '''embedded interrogative''' or '''interrogative content clause''') is a subclause that looks like a question.		An '''indirect question''' (or more linguistically, '''embedded interrogative''' or '''interrogative content clause''') is a subclause that looks like a question.

	In Toaq, this is a {{tone\|5}} [[content clause]] starting with {{t\|mâ}} (if/whether), or containing a question word like {{t\|hı}} (which?) or {{t\|rı}} (this or that?).		In Toaq, this is a {{tone\|5}} [[content clause]] starting with {{t\|mâ}} (if/whether) or {{t\|tîo}} (how much), or containing a question word like {{t\|hı}} (which?) or {{t\|rı}} (this or that?).

	{{Example\|Bủ dủa jí <u>mâ ảo chỏ súq ní lủa</u> da.\|I don't know <u>if you'd like this story</u>.}}		{{Example\|Bủ dủa jí <u>mâ ảo chỏ súq ní lủa</u> da.\|I don't know <u>if you'd like this story</u>.}}

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An '''indirect question''' (or more linguistically, '''embedded interrogative''' or '''interrogative content clause''') is a subclause that looks like a question.

In Toaq, this is a {{tone|5}} [[content clause]] starting with {{t|mâ}} (if/whether), or containing a question word like {{t|hı}} (which?) or {{t|rı}} (this or that?).

{{Example|Bủ dủa jí mâ ảo chỏ súq ní lủa da.|I don't know if you'd like this story.}}

{{Example|Dủashao jí tîsha nháo rào hı da.|I wonder when they'll arrive.}}

== Overview ==
* '''Rogative predicates''' are predicates like ''wonder/ask/be curious about'', that only make sense with interrogative complements (''I wonder which boat is his'', not *''I wonder that the SS Toaq is his boat'').
* '''Responsive predicates''' are predicates like ''know/remember/forget/be certain/conjecture'', that appear to accept both declarative complements (''I know the SS Toaq is his boat'') and interrogative complements (''I know which boat is his'').
** Within this category, '''veridical predicates''' are predicates like ''know/remember/forget'', which when used with an interrogative complement, entail that they hold of the declarative complement that correctly answers the question (given ''I know which boat is his'' and ''his boat is the SS Toaq'', we can conclude ''I know the SS Toaq is his'').
** And '''non-veridical predicates''' are predicates like ''be certain/agree/conjecture'', which when used with an interrogative complement, do not entail that they hold of the "correct answer".
* The theory that top-level questions (''Which boat is yours?'') are reduceable to an imperative statement with an indirect question (Bring it about that I know which boat is yours!) is known as the '''imperative-epistemic theory of wh-questions''', and seems to be pretty widely accepted.
* The issue that questions that happen to have the same answer shouldn't be considered equivalent (e.g. I know which boat is his vs. I know who owns the SS Toaq), is known as the '''problem of convergent knowledge'''.

== See also ==
A summary from a philosophical perspective, of which the above overview is a further summary:
* [https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/questions/#EmbIndQue Embedded (or indirect) questions] in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
Some papers about semantics:
* [https://semanticsarchive.net/Archive/DQ3MDgwN/paper.pdf "The semantics of question-embedding predicates"], Wataru Uegaki (2019)
* [http://paulegre.free.fr/Papers/usee.pdf "A Uniform Semantics for Embedded Interrogatives: An answer, not necessarily the answer"], Benjamin Spector & Paul Égré (2015)