embedded wh-question

syntax

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Japanese embeds wh-questions (どう, 誰, 何, どこ, いつ, etc.) directly with a final か, as subordinate noun-phrase clauses inside a larger sentence. 何をするか分からない ('I don't know what to do'); 誰が来たか教えてください ('tell me who came'). A specific subset of `embedded question`.

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