Glossary of Linguistic Terms

Tag Statement

Tag Statement

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

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.
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Source: Crystal 1985

Crystal, David. 1985.A dictionary of linguistics and phonetics. 2nd edition. New York: Basil Blackwell.

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