Tag Question (definition)

This is a type of question structure in which usually an auxiliary and a pronoun attach to the end of a sentence. It can either have a negative or positive connotation. In English, for example the sentence "He isn't a doctor, is he?" is a tag question.

• Tag Questions in Gaelic: Tag Questions

See Also

Question (definition)

External Links

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tag_question

http://www.sil.org/linguistics/GlossaryOfLinguisticTerms/WhatIsATagQuestion.htm

References

• Crystal, David. (1997) A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics. Oxford, UK: Blackwell.