Tag question

A chorus question (also Nachziehfrage or question tag ) is an attached to a declarative sentence question. With this question, the speaker wants, for example, bring the addressee to confirm the proposition, or he wants to assure the consent of the recipient. The chorus question can be a leading question, to demand the listener's attention or just be a polite form.

Refrain questions come in the spoken language before more often than in the written language.

Examples

  • German: ... Is not it?
  • ... Is not it?
  • ..., Right?
  • ..., Ne? ( Low German )
  • ... Wanted? (Westphalian )
  • ..., Right? ( Alemannic )

Swell

  • Helmut Glück ( ed.), Metzler Lexikon Sprache, 2000
  • Rhetorical term
  • Theoretical Linguistics
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