Dear List,

In the sentence <What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?>, what is the role of "what"? How would you explain it?  Is it adjectival to "wisdom"? Is it just a question marker? You could re-write the sentence as <Can you find wisdom that is greater than kindness?>, so "what" doesn't seem to be telling exactly the kind of wisdom. You could also re-write it as <You can find no wisdom that is greater than kindness>, so does "what" operate like an interrogative adjectival negator modifying "wisdom"?
What else might be going on?

Thanks,

Scott Woods
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