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<p>A question is an <a href="/facts/Utterance/LJLCwKDS">utterance</a> which serves as a request for <a href="/facts/Information/3LdrzXtJ">information</a>. Questions are sometimes distinguished from <a href="/facts/Interrogative/Nblgzx3B">interrogatives</a>, which are the <a href="/facts/Grammar/vprQsHIR">grammatical</a> forms, typically used to express them. <a href="/facts/Rhetorical_question/jf2Fcsp3">Rhetorical questions</a>, for instance, are interrogative in form but may not be considered bona fide questions, as they are not expected to be answered. </p><p>Questions come in a number of varieties. For instance; <i><a href="/facts/Polar_question/v6UgKvHN">Polar questions</a></i> are those such as the <a href="/facts/English_language/tpkxGt7b">English</a> example "Is this a polar question?", which can be answered with <a href="/facts/Yes_and_no/pJkehPxI">"yes" or "no"</a>. <i>Alternative questions</i> such as "Is this a polar question, or an alternative question?" present a list of possibilities to choose from. <i><a href="/facts/Open-ended_question/QkI8omBJ">Open questions</a></i> such as "What kind of question is this?" allow many possible resolutions. </p><p>Questions are widely studied in <a href="/facts/Linguistics/oQuamvf2">linguistics</a> and <a href="/facts/Philosophy_of_language/qwNCwF4W">philosophy of language</a>. In the subfield of <a href="/facts/Pragmatics/KkK08yyI">pragmatics</a>, questions are regarded as <a href="/facts/Illocutionary_act/HsTSpEdz">illocutionary acts</a> which raise an issue to be resolved in <a href="/facts/Discourse/6qITpvKg">discourse</a>. In approaches to <a href="/facts/Formal_semantics_/FlWb7Hxp">formal semantics</a> such as <a href="/facts/Alternative_semantics/GWVEJAUz">alternative semantics</a> or <a href="/facts/Inquisitive_semantics/E5LzcPAe">inquisitive semantics</a>, questions are regarded as the <a href="/facts/Denotation/oABEtLtA">denotations</a> of interrogatives, and are typically identified as <a href="/facts/Set_(mathematics)/BfucfHMq">sets</a> of the <a href="/facts/Proposition/0877MFMD">propositions</a> which answer them. </p>