"How": The Missing Interrogative in Spanish.

Whitley, M. Stanley

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ERIC Number: EJ331598

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Publication Date: 1986

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"How": The Missing Interrogative in Spanish.

Whitley, M. Stanley

Hispania, v69 n1 p82-96 Mar 1986

Describes a comparative study of interrogative words in Spanish and English, which resulted in a series of hypotheses about the way Spanish speakers convey the interrogative how plus adjective or adverb. To test the hypotheses, surveys were conducted with native Spanish speakers. Surveys and results are discussed. (AMH)

Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, English, Language Usage, Native Speakers, Second Language Learning, Spanish, Surveys, Syntax, Transformational Generative Grammar

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