10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TAG QUESTION»
Discover the use of
tag question in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
tag question and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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New Interchange: English for International Communication
Point out that when a statement is affirmative, the tag question is negative. Also,
the expected response from the listener is affirmative: A: Insurance is usually
expensive, isn't it? B: Yes, it is. (B agrees with A.) Next, point out that when a ...
Let's Study These A tag question is an asking sentence. It consists of two parts: 1.
a statement 2. a tag Examples: 1. Father is watching TV. isn't he? 2. Mother isn't
crocheting, is she? Notice that the part underlined once is the statement.
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Sukses UN Bahasa Inggris SMP
Ouestion tag, tag question, atau ekor pertanyaan digunakan oleh orang yang
berkata tentang sesuatu, akan tetapi ia sendiri kurang yakin terhadap
perkataannya dan meminta persetujuan orang lain. Dalam bahasa Inggris,
question tag selalu ...
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Language Connections 5' 2002 Ed.
You didn't draw this invention yourself, did you? All of these sentences use tag
questions. A tag question is a question added to a statement or a command to
gain the assent of the person addressed. There are two uses of the tag question.
1 .
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OPEN ROADS TO COMMUNICATION Worktect in English for Grade Five
1 . When the statement is positive, the tag question should be negative. If the
statement is negative, the tag question should be positive. Examples: The players
are coming, aren't they? The players aren't coming, are they? 2. The pronoun in ...
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Analysing English Grammar: A Systemic Functional Introduction
In addition to this particular structure, tag questions often reverse the polarity of
the clause such that a declarative clause which expresses a negation as in
example (14) will usually have a positive tag question. (14) This isn't the first time,
...
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Analyzing Syntax and Semantics: A Self-instructional ...
A statement plus a question tag constitutes a yes-no tag question. The person
asking the question expects a response of yes to some questions and no to
others; the syntactic form of the question varies accordingly. If the answer
expected is ...
Virginia A. Heidinger, 1984
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Rhythm and Intonation of American English
Tag questions: falling pitch A falling pitch on a tag question tells the listener that
the speaker is intending the statement as confirmation of or agreement with the
previous statement. 4AA Tag Questions: Falling Analysis: Both of those questions
...
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Trailblazers 4' 2006 Ed.
Therefore, the tag question is she is positive. The tag question ends with a
question mark. A comma separates the statement from the tag question. The verb
in the tag question should agree with the verb in the statement in number and
tense.
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UPRT 2008: Empirical Studies in English Applied Linguistics
Question tag, question-tag, tag question, and tail question (Coles & Lord, 2003)
all appear as equivalent terms indicative of the same phenomenon. I will now
turn to how more scientific materials approach the form and function of question
tags ...
Réka Lugossy, József Horváth and Marianne Nikolov, editors
3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TAG QUESTION»
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tag question is used in the context of the following news items.
Learning to Use Question Tags Effectively
Students of Class X and XII are busy preparing for their public examinations. Question tags (American), also called tag questions (British), is one of the sections ... «The New Indian Express, Feb 15»
The English Ask More Questions, Innit?
Lynne directed me to a 2006 article on the precise subject: Gunnel Tottie and Sebastian Hoffmann, “Tag Questions in British and American English.” (Journal of ... «Chronicle of Higher Education, Jul 12»
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Be aware of cultural differences. But missing from all these communication-helper lists is a little linguistic tic that most people use every day: the tag question. «Boston Globe, May 11»
