Meaning of の in this sentence

Asked Feb 24 '21 at 23:47

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The sentence is

それがいかなる彼女の琴線に触れたのかはわからない

I believe that かは is embedding the question (as seen here) but I'm a little confused at what role の is playing here. Is it simply nominalizing the previous sentence? and if so why is it playing this role?

edited Feb 25 '21 at 00:12

asked Feb 24 '21 at 23:47

Xanadulo

Does this answer your question? Verb+のを meaning – Eddie Kal Feb 24 '21 at 23:51
Unfortunately not really. I suppose the bigger issues I'm having here is if の is being used in the manner described in that question in this sentence why is it doing so in this particular sentence (i.e. does the construction かは require a noun in the same way as を）? – Xanadulo Feb 25 '21 at 00:06
Please see this answer. – Eddie Kal Feb 25 '21 at 00:29
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@EddieKal This one is explanatory-no, so it's different from the の in your link. – naruto Feb 25 '21 at 00:33
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Does this answer your question?: Is the の[か] in my sentence a 準体言助詞の[か]? のか is a literary-style question ender, but it's common in embedded questions where です is not used. – naruto Feb 25 '21 at 00:41
Ah I see so just to clarify one minor point は in this case is simply serving as a topic marker? – Xanadulo Feb 25 '21 at 01:11
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@Xanadulo Yes, the topic marker. "I don't understand which part/type of her heartstring it plucked." – naruto Feb 25 '21 at 02:43

Meaning of の in this sentence

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