1.2.3.3. Content interrogatives without wh-signs

It is possible to utter a content interrogative without a question sign. The fact that this is a content interrogative is expressed by the non-manual markers and what is questioned (hour/time, age etc.) is expressed by the corresponding manual sign.

 

 

                            wh

ix2 hour home go ix2

โ€˜What time did you go home?โ€™

 

 

                  wh

poss2 son age

โ€˜How old are you?โ€™