Subject–auxiliary inversion (SAI; also called subject–operator inversion) is a frequently occurring type of inversion in the English language whereby...

section can be classified as auxiliaries based upon two diagnostics: they allow subject–auxiliary inversion (the type of inversion used to form questions etc...

most frequent type of inversion in English is subject–auxiliary inversion in which an auxiliary verb changes places with its subject; it often occurs in...

subject-auxiliary inversion present c. We know whom Larry sent to the store. – Embedded wh-clause focusing on the object, subject-auxiliary inversion...

bed stood a lamp". Subject–verb inversion is distinct from subject–auxiliary inversion because the verb involved is not an auxiliary verb.[citation needed]...

constructions that require subject–auxiliary inversion show do-support of lexical need much more commonly than inversion of auxiliary need; moreover, many of...

the second sentence, which involves the subject-auxiliary inversion of a yes/no-question, the subject immediately follows the finite verb (instead of...

they are unlike auxiliaries in syntactic respects. Auxiliary verbs undergo subject-aux inversion, raising-to-subject verbs do not. Auxiliary verbs license...

In linguistics, negative inversion is one of many types of subject–auxiliary inversion in English. A negation (e.g. not, no, never, nothing, etc.) or...

misanalyzing the tense marker and for subject-auxiliary inversion to be incorrectly applied. The subject-auxiliary inversion is misanalyzed as to which structure...

the auxiliary verb do (or one of its inflected forms e.g. does), to form negated clauses and constructions which require subject–auxiliary inversion, such...

constructions that put a verb before the subject. This is called subject–auxiliary inversion because only auxiliary verbs participate in such constructions:...

normal variable question, echoes do not exhibit wh-fronting or subject–auxiliary inversion. A special case of polar echo questions is the bare predication...

Scrambling Shifting Sluicing Small clause Stripping Subject-auxiliary inversion Subject-verb inversion Topicalization Tough movement Unaccusative verbs V2...

same applies in clauses requiring inversion, including most questions—inversion must involve the subject and an auxiliary verb, so it is not possible to...

questions, and defined by certain grammatical rules (such as subject–auxiliary inversion in English) which vary by language. Some authors conflate these...

analyses of yes/no question formation, where the phenomenon of subject-auxiliary inversion (utilized in English) appears in complementary distribution with...

Questions are formed by subject–auxiliary inversion (unless the interrogative word is part of the subject). If there is otherwise no auxiliary, the verb do (does...

to come,...). For details see subject–auxiliary inversion and negative inversion. A somewhat different type of inversion may involve a wider set of verbs...

without any conjunction such as if or unless, instead using subject–auxiliary inversion to indicate their meaning. The principal constructions are as...

not) Are you going to bring Sue? (interrogative form, featuring subject–auxiliary inversion) Aren't they (more formal: Are they not) going to wear coats...

known as do-support. (see subject-auxiliary inversion in questions) In certain patterns similar to Old and Middle English, inversion is possible. However,...

discontinued Stratospheric aerosol injection in climate engineering Subject–auxiliary inversion in linguistics Sai (deity), an Egyptian god Steering Axis Inclination...

be (see subject–auxiliary inversion). To form a question from a sentence which does not have such an auxiliary or copula present, the auxiliary verb do...

Hamlet) Older forms of modern English also make greater use of subject–auxiliary inversion in subjunctive clauses: Should you feel hungry, … (equivalent...

of a phrase moves, and the head leaves behind its dependents. Subject-auxiliary inversion is a canonical instance of head movement: a. Someone has read...

grammar Discontinuity Inversion Subject-auxiliary inversion Phrase structure grammar Predicate Predicative expression Subject-verb inversion Inverse copular...

thoroughly investigated so far. Regular word order is subject–verb–object, but subject-auxiliary inversion occurs in several cases, placing the verb at the...

transformation in TG is subject-auxiliary inversion (SAI). That rule takes as its input a declarative sentence with an auxiliary, such as "John has eaten...

In linguistic typology, subject–verb–object (SVO) is a sentence structure where the subject comes first, the verb second, and the object third. Languages...