LING222 Sentence Types

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Declarative sentence structure:
subject-predicate
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Interrogative sentence types:
yes/no questions (polarity), alternative questions, tag questions
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Imperative sentence structure:
structural: no overt subject necessary (obvious from context)
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Statement function:
speaker is already certain of answer (rhetorical question)
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Exclamative function:
structurally like a question but doesn't expect an answer
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