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
ˎ
who?
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
ˎ
money
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
ˏ
name?
Natio
ˏ
nality?
ˏ
Age?
Occu
ˏ
pation? (from a questionnaire)
'Hullo, little
ˏ
girl. 'What’s your
ˏ
name? (an opening question, a question used to open a
conversation, especially with children)
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
ˎ
books has he?
'How
ˊ
many? (
` Six, I be
ˏ
lieve.)
'Which would you recom
` mend?
'Which would
ˊ
I recommend?
