1.2.3.3. Content interrogatives without wh-signs

Content interrogatives without wh-signs are possible in LIS. In the following sentence, the utterance is marked as interrogative by the presence of interrogative non-manual marking.

 

 

 

                           wh

         A:           time

         B:           at_seven  

         โ€˜What time is it?โ€™ โ€˜Seven oโ€™clock.โ€™                                                                            

 

Wh-signs are usually left out when the specific interrogative meaning can be recovered from the context.