The ministry of higher and secondary special education of the republic of uzbekistan

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Have you? 
(2)
The High Wide Fall to convey mild surprise and acceptance of what has just been said, 
e.g. 
You are 
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late. 
˅
Am I? 
(3)
The Fall-Rise to intensify interest and surprise, e.g. 
It’s 
`
your turn.
˘
Is it? 
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Insistent general questions are those which are repeated by the speaker either because he didn’t get an answer to his first 
question or because he wants the listener to keep to the point.

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Second-Instance General Questions
 
 
Echoing general questions
are those which are repeated by the hearer for three reasons: 
(1)
The hearer wants to make sure that he understood the original question correctly.
'Will you be a'way 
ˏ
long? 
'Will I be a'way 
´
long? (I 'don’t 
ˋ
know.) 
(2)
The hearer did not understand part of the question. That is why the terminal tone is 
shifted on to the word he is doubtful about. 
'Will you be a'way 
ˏ
long?
'Will 
´
I be away long? 
(3)
The hearer repeats the question, because he wants to think what to answer. 
'Have you pre'pared the re
ˏ
port? 
'Have I pre'pared the re
´
port? 'Not 
ˏ
yet. 
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