INTERROGATIVE WORD

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In linguistics, an 'interrogative word' is a function word used to introduce an interrogative clause. Interrogative words are also called 'wh-words' because in English, most of them start with ''wh-''. In English, they introduce several kinds of clauses: most questions (''Where is he going?''), interrogative content clauses (''I wonder where he's going''), certain relative clauses (''The country where he was born''), and certain adverb clauses (''I go where he goes''). These uses are all found in various other languages as well.
List of interrogative words in English:

★ interrogative determiner

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★ ''which'', ''what''

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★ ''whose'' (interrogative possessive determiner)

★ interrogative pro-form

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★ interrogative pronoun

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★ ''who'', ''whom'' (human)

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★ ''what'', ''which'' (nonhuman)

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★ interrogative pro-adverb

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★ ''where'' (location)

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★ ''whence'' (source)

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★ ''whither'' (goal)

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★ ''when'' (time)

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★ ''how'' (manner)

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★ ''why'', ''wherefore'' (reason)

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★ ''whether'' (choice between alternatives)

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See also

★ Wh-movement

★ Question