Corpus interrogation and grammatical patterns : papers from the 33rd International Conference on English Language Research on Computerized Corpora (ICAME 33), Leuven May 30- 3 June 2012 / edited by Kristin Davidse, Caroline Gentens, Lobke Ghesquière, University of Leuven ; Lieven Vandelanotte, University of Namur/University of Leuven.

This article proposes a classification of speech functions of variable tag questions in British English conversations. Based on intonational, conversational and formal criteria the analysis shows that tag questions can not only function as questions and statements, but also as responses, commands an...

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