英美英语附加疑问句的比较研究

A Comparative Study of Tag Questions in British and American English

英语附加疑问句是一种常见于口语的疑问形式,在许多学术文章中经常被论及,但很少有人论述英美附加疑问句的使用差异。无论是从附加疑问句的形式特征,还是从语义、语用功能和社会语言因素分析,都可以看出英美英语附加疑问句使用的差异所在。

been frequently tag questions in Tag question is one of the very conspicuous interrogative forms of spoken language, and it has discussed in the literature. However, few scholars deal with the differences between the use of British and American English. Both the analyses from the view of formal properties and from the view of semantics, pragmatics, sociolinguistics of tag questions show the differences between the use of tag questions in British and American English.