Questions and interrogative pronouns

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Questions and interrogative pronouns

    abstract Question = Cat ** {

A question can be formed from a clause ('yes-no question') or with an interrogative.

      fun
        QuestCl    : Cl -> QCl ;                   -- does John walk
        QuestVP    : IP -> VP -> QCl ;             -- who walks
        QuestSlash : IP -> Slash -> QCl ;          -- who does John love
        QuestIAdv  : IAdv -> Cl -> QCl ;           -- why does John walk

Interrogative pronouns can be formed with interrogative determiners.

        IDetCN  : IDet -> Num -> Ord -> CN -> IP;  -- which five best songs
        AdvIP   : IP -> Adv -> IP ;                -- who in Europe
    
        PrepIP  : Prep -> IP -> IAdv ;             -- with whom

More IP, IDet, and IAdv are defined in Structural.

    }