"wh-in-situ" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: Coined by American linguist Joseph Aoun in 1981. Etymology templates: {{coinage|en|Joseph Aoun|occ=American linguist}} Coined by American linguist Joseph Aoun Head templates: {{en-noun|-|head=wh-in-situ}} wh-in-situ (uncountable)
  1. (linguistics) The occurrence of a wh-word in its typical syntactic position when forming a wh-question. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Linguistics
    Sense id: en-wh-in-situ-en-noun-x9PphVEw Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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