sentence type ,discourse function

Question 1

Tag question

Answer 1

maximum conducivness
Rising tone: invites VERIFICATION,expecting the hearer to decide the truth of the proposition.
Falling tone: Invites agreement.it has the force of an exclamation rather than a genuine question

Question 2

old and new expectation

Answer 2

old:positive new :negative

Question 3

Assumption VS Expectation

Answer 3

assumption: statement .expectation.tag question

Question 4

HOW it s formed the tag queston?

Answer 4

it consists of an operator and a subject pronoun.

Question 5

how many type of questions are?

Answer 5

3-yes-no q.
alternative q
WH questions

Question 6

Declarative questions

Answer 6

has the form of a declarative except for the final rising intonation.

Question 7

Exclamative question

Answer 7

are interrogative in form but they have the force of a exclamatory assertion
it invites the hearer´s agreement to sth on which he has strong feelings.
tone:falling

Question 8

Rhetorical questions

Answer 8

is interrogative in structure but has the force of an strong assertion

Question 9

positive rhetorical yes-no question

Answer 9

is like a strong negative assertion

Question 10

negative rhetorical yes-no question

Answer 10

is like a strong positive assertion

Question 11

which is the tone of the rethorical question?

Answer 11

rising tone

Question 12

Positive -WH rhetorical question

Answer 12

is equivalent to an statement in which the wh element is replaced by a NEGATIVE element :
who knows? (nobody knows)

Question 13

negative -wh rhetorical question

Answer 13

is equivalent to a statement in which the wh element is replace by a positive element
who doesnt know? (everybody knows)

Question 14

which is the tone of rhetorical WH questions?

Answer 14

Rise-falling tone

Question 15

what is an echo question?

Answer 15

is a question which repeats part or all of what has been said.

Question 16

what is a replicatory echo question?

Answer 16

Repeat part r all of what has been said in order to have their content confirmed. it has a rising tone

Question 17

what is an explicatory question?

Answer 17

asks for clarification. It has a falling tone

Question 18

Directives without a subject

Answer 18

take the form of an imperative .

it generally has no subject .the verb is in the base form

Question 19

does imperative verbs allow tense distinction?

Answer 19

no and it doesnt allow modal auxiliaries.The progressive form is rare,the perfect even rarer

Question 20

passives with be occur chiefly in

Answer 20

negative directives

meaning”don´t allow yourself to be”

Question 21

is BE OLD correct?

Answer 21

imperatives are restricted to verbs used dynamically

Question 22

Meaning of WHAT on its own

Answer 22

General incredulity

Question 23

meaning of WHAT did you say ?

Answer 23

recapitulatory -WH question

Question 24

meaning of Pardon me? ,excuse me? sorry?

Answer 24

abbreviated request for repetition

Question 25

directives with subject

Answer 25

the omitted subject is the 2nd person pronoun YOU

Question 26

Meaning of you

Answer 26

1-noncontrastive-admonitory.express STRONG IRRITATION OR MERELY INSISTENCE.
2-Noncontrastive. May be persuasive
3-Contrastive.singling out one person or set of persons.

Question 27

How is directive with let is formed?

Answer 27

preposing the verb let followed by a notional subject in the objective case.

Question 28

what is the function of DO with positive imperatives?

Answer 28

a positive imperative can be made more persuasive or insistent

Question 29

when is do with positive imperatives used?

Answer 29

before a verb.
when the subject is absent
when let is present

Question 30

markers of what are do dont let´s?

Answer 30

introductory imperative marker