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Finer Distinctions of the Question Structure
Developing Questions
There are many developing questions within Emergent Knowledge and to remember them all specifically may be a little difficult. So, after careful deliberation I have dissected each type of question into a separate class and each part of the question into a subset.
Classes
- What
- Who
- Where
- How
Subsets
For all of the classes above there are some definite question subsets that can be integrated within them. As an example the question:
- “What do you know?”
‘What’ is setting the client up to go and search for an answer. ‘do’ is a conditional statement. ‘you’s is a (pro)noun and specifies the source of the knowledge. ‘know’ is eliciting the new information that emerges once the question is asked.
We could therefore change the conditional statement from ‘do’ to ‘don’t’ or any of the other major conditionals:
| Positive | Negative |
|---|---|
| Do | Don’t |
| Can | Can’t |
| Could | Couldn’t |
| Should | Shouldn’t |
| Would | Wouldn’t |
| Does | Doesn’t |
| Will | Won’t |
| Must | Mustn’t |
| Is | Isn’t |
| Are | Aren’t |