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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?

Xanadulo
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  • Does this answer your question? [Verb+のを meaning](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/57187/verb%e3%81%ae%e3%82%92-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](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/83440/choukai-discussing-a-business-trip/83446#83446). – 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\[か\]?](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/74004/5010) `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

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