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A-not-A question, the Glossary

In linguistics, an A-not-A question, also known as an A-neg-A question, is a polar question that offers two opposite possibilities for the answer.^[1]

32 relations: Amoy dialect, Auxiliary verb, Bound and free morphemes, C-command, Cantonese, Classifier (linguistics), Closed-ended question, Complementary distribution, Complementizer, Covert (linguistics), Dialect, Echo answer, Grammatical aspect, Grammaticality, Interrogative, Korean language, Leading question, Linguistics, Mandarin Chinese, Modal verb, Morphology (linguistics), Perfective aspect, Phonetics, Phraseme, Predicate (grammar), Reduplication, Sinitic languages, Taiwanese Mandarin, Wh-movement, X-bar theory, Yes and no, Yes–no question.
Types of question

Amoy dialect

The Amoy dialect or Xiamen dialect, also known as Amoyese, Amoynese, Amoy Hokkien, Xiamenese or Xiamen Hokkien, is a dialect of Hokkien spoken in the city of Xiamen (historically known as "Amoy") and its surrounding metropolitan area, in the southern part of Fujian province.

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Auxiliary verb

An auxiliary verb (abbreviated) is a verb that adds functional or grammatical meaning to the clause in which it occurs, so as to express tense, aspect, modality, voice, emphasis, etc.

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Bound and free morphemes

In linguistics, a bound morpheme is a morpheme (the elementary unit of morphosyntax) that can appear only as part of a larger expression, while a free morpheme (or unbound morpheme) is one that can stand alone.

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C-command

In generative grammar and related frameworks, a node in a parse tree c-commands its sister node and all of its sister's descendants. A-not-A question and c-command are syntax.

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Cantonese

Cantonese is the traditional prestige variety of Yue Chinese, a Sinitic branch of the Sino-Tibetan languages originating from the city of Guangzhou (historically known as Canton) and its surrounding Pearl River Delta, with over 82.4 million native speakers.

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Classifier (linguistics)

A classifier (abbreviated or) is a word or affix that accompanies nouns and can be considered to "classify" a noun depending on some characteristics (e.g. humanness, animacy, sex, shape, social status) of its referent.

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Closed-ended question

A closed-ended question refers to any question for which a researcher provides research participants with options from which to choose a response.

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Complementary distribution

In linguistics, complementary distribution (as distinct from contrastive distribution and free variation) is the relationship between two different elements of the same kind in which one element is found in one set of environments and the other element is found in a non-intersecting (complementary) set of environments.

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Complementizer

In linguistics (especially generative grammar), a complementizer or complementiser (glossing abbreviation) is a functional category (part of speech) that includes those words that can be used to turn a clause into the subject or object of a sentence.

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Covert (linguistics)

In linguistics, a feature of a word or phrase is said to be covert if there is no surface evidence of its existence within that word or phrase.

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Dialect

Dialect (from Latin,, from the Ancient Greek word, 'discourse', from, 'through' and, 'I speak') refers to two distinctly different types of linguistic relationships.

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Echo answer

In linguistics, an echo answer or echo response is a way of answering a polar question without using words for yes and no. A-not-A question and echo answer are grammar and human communication.

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Grammatical aspect

In linguistics, aspect is a grammatical category that expresses how a verbal action, event, or state, extends over time.

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Grammaticality

In linguistics, grammaticality is determined by the conformity to language usage as derived by the grammar of a particular speech variety. A-not-A question and grammaticality are grammar.

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Interrogative

An interrogative clause is a clause whose form is typically associated with question-like meanings. A-not-A question and interrogative are syntax.

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Korean language

Korean (South Korean: 한국어, Hangugeo; North Korean: 조선말, Chosŏnmal) is the native language for about 81 million people, mostly of Korean descent.

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Leading question

A leading question is a question that suggests a particular answer and contains information the examiner is looking to have confirmed.

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Linguistics

Linguistics is the scientific study of language.

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Mandarin Chinese

Mandarin is a group of Chinese language dialects that are natively spoken across most of northern and southwestern China.

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Modal verb

A modal verb is a type of verb that contextually indicates a modality such as a likelihood, ability, permission, request, capacity, suggestion, order, obligation, necessity, possibility or advice.

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Morphology (linguistics)

In linguistics, morphology is the study of words, including the principles by which they are formed, and how they relate to one another within a language. A-not-A question and morphology (linguistics) are grammar.

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Perfective aspect

The perfective aspect (abbreviated), sometimes called the aoristic aspect, is a grammatical aspect that describes an action viewed as a simple whole, i.e., a unit without interior composition.

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Phonetics

Phonetics is a branch of linguistics that studies how humans produce and perceive sounds or, in the case of sign languages, the equivalent aspects of sign.

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Phraseme

A phraseme, also called a set phrase, fixed expression, idiomatic phrase, multiword expression (in computational linguistics), or idiom, is a multi-word or multi-morphemic utterance whose components include at least one that is selectionally constrained or restricted by linguistic convention such that it is not freely chosen.

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Predicate (grammar)

The term predicate is used in two ways in linguistics and its subfields. A-not-A question and predicate (grammar) are grammar, Semantics and syntax.

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Reduplication

In linguistics, reduplication is a morphological process in which the root or stem of a word (or part of it) or even the whole word is repeated exactly or with a slight change. A-not-A question and reduplication are grammar.

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Sinitic languages

The Sinitic languages, often synonymous with the Chinese languages, are a group of East Asian analytic languages that constitute a major branch of the Sino-Tibetan language family.

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Taiwanese Mandarin

Taiwanese Mandarin, frequently referred to as Guoyu or Huayu, is the variety of Mandarin Chinese spoken in Taiwan.

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Wh-movement

In linguistics, wh-movement (also known as wh-fronting, wh-extraction, or wh-raising) is the formation of syntactic dependencies involving interrogative words. A-not-A question and wh-movement are syntax.

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X-bar theory

In linguistics, X-bar theory is a model of phrase-structure grammar and a theory of syntactic category formation that was first proposed by Noam Chomsky in 1970Chomsky, Noam (1970). A-not-A question and x-bar theory are grammar.

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Yes and no

Yes and no, or similar word pairs, are expressions of the affirmative and the negative, respectively, in several languages, including English.

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Yes–no question

In linguistics, a yes–no question, also known as a binary question, a polar question, or a general question, is a question whose expected answer is one of two choices, one that provides an affirmative answer to the question versus one that provides a negative answer to the question. A-not-A question and yes–no question are grammar and types of question.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A-not-A_question

Also known as A-not-A.