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Glossary of Linguistic Terms

Tag Statement

Definition:

A tag statement is an elliptical statement that follows and echoes a main clause statement.

Examples:

In English, a subject noun or pronoun followed or preceded by an auxiliary verb as in the following example is a tag statement:

  • He made a good showing, did Bill.
Source:

This page is an extract from the LinguaLinks Library. Version 5.0 published on CD-ROM by SIL International, 2003.

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