| 单词 | reversed polarity |
| 释义 | > as lemmasreversed polarity reversed polarity n. Grammar (with reference to a question tag) the property of being negative when the preceding clause is positive (e.g. this is good, isn't it?), or vice versa (e.g. this isn't any good, is it?); frequently attributive. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > other grammatical categories or concepts > [noun] > use of interrogative > types of question x-question1924 tag question1933 reversed polarity1957 wh-question1957 1957 D. L. Bolinger in Publ. Amer. Dial. Soc. xxviii. 113 The speaker courteously anticipates a possibly negative answer. This is perhaps related to the original sense of reversed-polarity conduciveness. 1975 Language 51 26 What is the relation between constant polarity tags and reversed-polarity tags?.. The tags below both have reversed polarity:..a. Caterpillars have legs, don't they? b. Caterpillars don't have legs, do they? 2002 L. Anderwald Negation in Non-standard Brit. Eng. ii. 15 A sentence like He is unhappy requires a negative tag in a reversed polarity question, e.g. He is unhappy, isn't he? < as lemmas |
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