'V wh' - Construction 7

Name: the doubt whether something is the case construction
Description: A person has a level of negative certainty about a situation.
Verbs: cannot believe, cannot conceive, doubt, cannot fathom, forget
Example: Norman doubted whether he would find his way. (BNC)
Membership: Cognition; actual situation
Semantic fields and roles: Field: Cognition. Roles: NP1: Cognizer; wh-clause: Phenomenon
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