AN ANALYSIS OF INTERROGATIVE SENTENCES FOUND IN “THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE” NOVEL BY C. S. LEWIS

The aims of this study were analyzing the types and functions of interrogative sentence in the novel entitled The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe. This study uses 2 major theories and 1 supporting theory. The first theory was proposed by Quirk et al (1985) to analyze the types of interrogative sentences. The second theory was proposed by Thomson and Martinet (1986) to analyze the function of interrogative sentence. The supporting theory to analyze the context of situation of the function of interrogative sentence was proposed by Halliday (1989). To collect the data, researchers used observation methods and qualitative methods to analyze data sources and presented descriptively based on the theory that was used in this study. The results showed that there were 197 data including seven types of interrogative sentences were found in the collected data, namely (1) Positive Yes-No Question (2) Negative Yes-No Question (3) Tag Question (4) Declarative Question (5) Yes-No Question with Modal Auxiliary (6) Positive Wh-Question and (7) Negative Wh-Question. There were six functions of interrogative sentence found in the data source, namely (1) Interrogative Sentence as Confirmation (2) Interrogative Sentence as Asking Information (3) Interrogative Sentence as Suggestion (4) Interrogative Sentence as Invitation (5) Interrogative Sentence as Request and (6) Interrogative Sentence as Offering.