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| − | + | *Tag Questions in Gaelic: [[Tag Questions]] | |
| + | Tag questions, ask for confirmation. They are structured as a [[Declarative (definition)|declarative]] with a question "tag" which contrasts in [[Negation (definition)|negative polarity]] with the statement: English "We're going, aren't we?", Gaelic ''Tha sinn a' falbh, nach eil?" | ||
| − | + | In English, for example the sentence "He isn't a doctor, is he?" is a tag question. | |
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
| − | [[ | + | *[[Interrogative (definition)]] |
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
| − | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tag_question | + | *http://www.sil.org/linguistics/GlossaryOfLinguisticTerms/WhatIsATagQuestion.htm |
| + | The link below takes you away from the Gaelic Wiki to Wikipedia. Since wikipedia pages can be edited by anyone, they often contain inaccurate information. So be careful! | ||
| + | *http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tag_question | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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[[Category: Technical Definitions]] | [[Category: Technical Definitions]] | ||
[[Category: Questions]] | [[Category: Questions]] | ||
| + | [[Category: Syntax]] | ||
Latest revision as of 00:36, 17 June 2012
- Tag Questions in Gaelic: Tag Questions
Tag questions, ask for confirmation. They are structured as a declarative with a question "tag" which contrasts in negative polarity with the statement: English "We're going, aren't we?", Gaelic Tha sinn a' falbh, nach eil?"
In English, for example the sentence "He isn't a doctor, is he?" is a tag question.
See Also
External Links
The link below takes you away from the Gaelic Wiki to Wikipedia. Since wikipedia pages can be edited by anyone, they often contain inaccurate information. So be careful!
References
- Crystal, David. (1997) A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics. Oxford, UK: Blackwell.
