| 单词 | tag question |
| 释义 | > as lemmastag question tag question n. Linguistics a question formed by the appendage of an interrogative formula to a statement; a formula used in this manner (cf. sense 9e above). 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 1933 O. Jespersen Essent. Eng. Gram. xxviii. 304 Note especially tag-questions..like: He was angry, wasn't he? 1957 R. W. Zandvoort Handbk. Eng. Gram. (new ed.) v. ii. 224 A certain type of compound sentence, consisting of a statement followed by an appended question (or ‘tag question’) modelled on the main clause... You are not ill, are you? 1982 Amer. Speech 57 95 Lakoff..considers tag questions (He can work, can't he? and He is honest, isn't he?) as declaratives—assertions. < as lemmas |
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