Sentence. Communicative Types of Sentences.
SENTENCE. COMMUNICATIVE TYPES OF SENTENCES
The present table introduces the main terms on the topic of the communicative types of sentences. It allows the student to get acquainted with the terms in English and to compare them with the correspondent terms in his/her mother tongue (either Russian or Estonian).
| Term |
Explanation |
Russian equivalent | Estonian equivalent |
| Declarative sentence |
The declarative sentence is the sentence containing a statement which gives the reader of the listener some information about various events, activities or attitudes, thoughts and feelings. |
Повествовательное предложение | Väitlause |
| Interrogative sentence |
The interrogative sentence is the sentence containing a question. The communicative function of such a sentence is asking for information. | Вопросительное предложение |
Küsilause |
| General question |
The general question is the question about the whole sentence which can be answered either positively or negatively.In the case of such a question the speaker is interested to know whether a phenomenon/event asked about exists or not. |
Общий вопрос |
"KAS" küsimus |
| Pronominal question |
The pronominal question is the question asked to get more detailed and precise information about the phenomenon/event known to the speaker/reader. The question opens with an interrogative pronoun or a pronominal adverb. |
Местоименный вопрос |
No equivalent |
| Tag question | The tag question is a short “yes-no” question added to a statement. |
Подтверждающий вопрос |
No equivalent |
| Alternative question |
The alternative question is the question which implies a choice between two or more variants of answer. it can take the form of a general question or a pronominal question. |
Разделительный вопрос |
No equivalent |
| Rhetorical question |
The rhetorical question is the question containing a statement disguised as a question. Usually no answer to the rhetorical question is expected. | Риторический вопрос |
Retooriline küsimus |
| Imperative sentence |
The imperative sentence is the sentence which expresses a command which conveys the desire of the speaker to make someone (the listener) perform a certain action. Besides commands as such, such sentences can express (depending on the situation, context, wording and intonation). |
Побудительное предложение |
Käsklause |
| Exclamatory sentence |
The exclamatory sentence is the sentence which shows strong or sudden feeling. | Восклицательное предложение |
Hüüdlause |