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The number of disjunctive and tag questions is negligible:
Table 5.10
Form of Adults' Requests for Information and Explanation
Form of Requests Io. %
|
Open Questions |
318 |
62.4 |
|
Polar Interrogatives |
180 |
35.3 |
|
Questions with Tag |
3 |
.6 |
|
Disjunctive Questions |
б |
1.2 |
|
Requests in Ion-interrogative form |
4 |
.4 |
|
Unclear |
1 |
.2 |
Totals 510 100.0
As for the Information Value, almost all are Real Questions, where the
information is not known by the questioner, with few Rhetorical Questions
(information is known by both speakers) and Test Questions (information
is known by the questioner). This is expected, because children often
possess information needed by adults:
Table 5.11
Information Value of Adults' Requests for Information and Explanation
Type of Questions Io. %
|
Test Questions |
42 |
8.2 |
|
Rhetorical Questions |
46 |
∂.0 |
|
Real Questions |
417 |
81.8 |
|
lot Applicable |
4 |
.8 |
|
Unclear |
1 |
.2 |
Totals
510
100.0
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