Second – Instance Special Questions
Echoing special questions are asked by the hearer for the same reasons as general echoing questions. They take the Descending Stepping Scale plus the High Narrow Rise.
'How many 'English ˎbooks has he? 'How ˊmany? (`Six, I beˏlieve.)
'Which would you recom`mend? 'Which would ˊI recommend?
ALTERNATIVE QUESTIONS (“or” questions ) are those in which the hearer is
asked to choose from two or more alternatives. An alternative question consists of two or more parts. As a rule, each of the alternatives is pronounced as a separate sense-group. There are two kinds of alternatives: limited and unlimited.
The choice is limited when the list of alternatives is complete. Non-final sense-
groups in such questions take the Low or the High Narrow Rise which may be preceded by the Descending Stepping Scale, while the last sense-group is pronounced with the falling tone (Low or High Wide).
'Do you pre'fer ˏapples or ˎpears?
'Is this ex'pression 'used in 'actual ˏspeech ≀ or 'is it 'only a ˎbookish expression?
The choice is unlimited when the list of alternatives is incomplete and the hearer may add to it. In such alternative questions all the sense-groups take a rising tone (Low or High).
'Can I 'get you a 'cup of ˏcoffee, ≀ an 'ice ˏcream ≀ or a ˏlemonade?
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