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The Functions of interrogative sentences used by the female boarders in their chatting

In a conversation, there is always a question sentence that coming up. It
means that there is an interrogative sentence of speakers. Chatting is one of the
types of conversations in informal situation. This study analyzed the functions of
interrogative sentence, which are used by female boarders at the boarding house
and the function that is most frequently used by the boarders. Why the writer
chose the conversation at the boarding house, because the topic that female use at
will be a natural conversation. Besides, the boarders will more relax when they
chat with the other boarders. This research might help the readers in
understanding the use of the functions of the interrogative sentences in chatting in
order to prevent misunderstanding or misinterpretation. The writer employed
descriptive qualitative approach in this study. The data were obtained through
recording the subjects at the boarding house while they were chatting for an hour.
In analyzing the data, the writer firstly transcribed the collected data into written
form. Secondly, she identified the function of the interrogative sentences that are
used by the female boarders in chatting at the boarding house. The data then were
analyzed by classifying the functions of interrogative sentences according to Yvan
Putseys (1994). The findings show that the female boarders mostly used the
function of `Seeking Information? (32.4%). The second function, which occurred,
was `Affirmation or negation? (20.6%). The third function is `Suggestion,
invitation, or advice? (14.7%). The fourth function is `Offering? (11.8%). The fifth
function is `Mocking? (5.9%). The sixth function is `Requesting? (5.9%). While
the function of `Having a Negative Orientation?, `A Strong Negative Orientation?,
and `Impatience or annoyance? (2.9%) occurred the three least. From the
percentages, it could be noticed that the female boarders mostly used the function
of seeking information; it is because women are always curious about anything
that happen around them.