10 surprise p. 97. The function of declarative question is almost same with yesno
question. Declarative questions ask for yesno answer, besides it also asks for a
repetition of a statement that the speaker does not understand yet Curme, 1966, p. 97 and Downing and Locke, 2002, p. 185. The examples are:
STATEMENT QUESTION
4.1 I am going to bed now.
You are going to bed now? 4.2
I cut my hair. You cut your hair?
4.3 He went there.
He went where? 4.4
They are eating pizza. They are eating pizza?
e. Alternative Questions
Alternative question is a question which expects one of two or more
alternative that mention in the question as the answer Quirk et al, 1972, p. 387.
These are the examples of alternative questions:
5.1 Do you want to stay a bit longer or would you prefer to go home?
5.2 Would you like chocolate, vanilla, or strawberry?
5.3 Which ice-cream would you like? Chocolate, vanilla, or
strawberry? 5.4
Are you staying or not? 5.5
Are you staying or aren‟t you? Downing and Locke, 2003, p. 187 Quirk et al, 1972, p. 399
Downing and Lokce 2003 state that alternative question consists of two yesno questions joined by or example no. 5.1 p. 187. Besides, Quirk et al
1972 state that alternative questions could be form in a list of two or more
alternative example no. 5.3 and it also could be a wh-question followed by an elliptical alternative question example no. 5.4 p. 399. They 1972 also add
that any positive yesno question could be changed into an alternative question by
adding or not? or a matching negative clause example no. 5.4 and 5.5 p. 399.
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f. Atypical Questions
The questions which are not included in the five types of questions are included into atypical question. Atypical questions could consist of a phrase only,
such as “Really?. There is no theory about atypical questions. Biber et al 1999 state there are questions which are expressed by a phrase rather than a clause, and
it is impossible to reconstruct them with any certainty p. 207. Atypical questions could also consist of wh-questions yesno questions or declarative questions
which have one or more ellipsis. The example is “Got it?”. This question is the
elliptical declarative question, “You got it?”. Atypical questions could also consist of the combination of wh-questions, yesno questions or declarative questions. For
example is “And where, may I ask, has he gone?”. This question consists of 1 elliptical wh-question and two yesno questions.
The functions and six types of questions above are used to analyze the research data in this study.
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CHAPTER II DISCUSSION
