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auxiliary inversion

auxiliary inversion

in grammar, the reversal of the usual order of subject and auxiliary verb in a declarative sentence to create a question so that, for example, The poodle is barking becomes Is the poodle barking? Such constructions are of major interest in generative grammar and psycholinguistics. See interrogative.

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