sentence form

sentence form (setningsform): the form, or typical word order of a clause/sentence. Also referred to as sentence type. The sentence types in English are declarative (marked by the word order S+V), yes/no interrogative (marked by the word order V+S), wh-interrogative (marked by the word order wh-word+V (+S)), and imperative (marked by the word order V, with the verb in the imperative, and usually no subject). The sentence form may signal the communicative function of the sentence, although there is no one-to-one correspondence between form and function. However, typically declaratives function as statements; interrogatives as questions or requests; and imperatives as commands.