SPECIAL QUESTIONS are those which contain an interrogative word such as
what, who, when, where, which, whom and are spoken with a falling intonation. The order of words is the same as in general questions, but the interrogative word precedes the auxiliary verb.
First-Instance Special Questions
Basic special questions take either the Low or the High Wide Fall which may be preceded by the Descending Stepping Scale.
˘Someone’ll have to do it. But ˎwho?
It `wasn’t a ˘serious error. Then 'why are you so `angry with him?
We simply `must buy him a present. `Yes, | but 'where’s the ˎmoney coming from?
However, there are some subtypes of special questions which take a rising, and
not a falling, terminal tone. This group includes special questions forming a series as if in a questionnaire, the so-called opening questions and questions asking for a repetition.
These two subtypes of special questions are pronounced with the Low Rise.
(What’s) your ˏname?
Natioˏnality?
ˏAge?
Occuˏpation? (from a questionnaire)
'Hullo, little ˏgirl. 'What’s your ˏname? (an opening question, a question used to open a conversation, especially with children)
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