wh-imperative
n.— «There is some evidence of impositives and wh- imperatives, but relative to all the questions that mothers address to their children, the number of the wh- imperatives and impositives is small.» —by Ioanna Dimitracopoulou Conversational Competence and Social Development Aug. 31, 1990. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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