A functional model for the tag question paradigm
The case of invariable tag questions in English and Portuguese
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7912876 |
|---|---|
| Authors | María De Los Ángeles Gómez González (0000-0003-0575-8550), Maria da Purificação Moura Silvano, Purificação Silvano (0000-0001-8057-5338) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 272 |
| Pages | 103255 |
| Publication date | 2022-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Lingua (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0024-3841 • E-ISSN: 1872-6135 |
| Publisher | Elsevier BV (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.lingua.2022.103255 |
| OpenAlex | W4214557064 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 39 |
While research has mostly focused on the pragmatics of variable tag questions, fewer studies have explored invariable tags, either for their own sake or in contrast with other tag types within and across languages. It will be argued that invariable tag questions are as much part of the tag question system as variable tag questions, and that a unified functional model needs to consider both types in order to compare function-to-form mappings and reveal language variation, as well as the factors motivating their use. This study proposes one such model comprising eight functional types of tag questions, i.e., informational, affective, challenging, hortatory, facilitative, focusing, phatic and regulatory, in relation to four clusters of grammatical, dialogic, generic and sociolinguistic features. Based on the analysis of 539 invariable tag questions in British English and European Portuguese, results show that the constructions are more frequent and functionally varied in Portuguese (N = 397 vs. 142). In addition, based on statistical analyses, corresponding multi-feature prediction models are obtained for the proposed functional types of invariable tag questions in the two languages under inspection, thereby uncovering novel contributions to the pragmatics of invariable tag questions within the tag question paradigm
Brazilian Portuguese · Contrast (vision · Dialogic · Feature (linguistics · Function (biology · Linguistics · Natural language processing · Portuguese · Pragmatics · Relation (database · Variable (mathematics · Variation (astronomy · Computer Science · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies · Gender Studies in Language · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Mathematics · Philosophy · Psychology · Artificial Intelligence
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| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 4 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |