A new analysis, is(n’t) it?: 3. The English ‘tag question’

McGregor, William B.

doi:10.1075/cilt.118.04mcg

In:On Subject and Theme: A discourse functional perspective
Edited by Ruqaiya Hasan † and Peter H. Fries
[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory 118] 1995
► pp. 91–122

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3. The English ‘tag question’

A new analysis, is(n’t) it?

William B. McGregor

Published online: 23 November 1995

https://doi.org/10.1075/cilt.118.04mcg

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