{"product_id":"9789027200433","title":"Tag Questions in Conversation: A typology of their interactional and stance meanings","description":"This monograph deals with variable tag questions. These are utterances with a variable interrogative tag, like \u003ci\u003eIt's peculiar writing, isn't it\u003c\/i\u003e, and the semi-variable tag \u003ci\u003einnit\u003c\/i\u003e, such as \u003ci\u003eNice, innit\u003c\/i\u003e. The aim is to provide a corpus-based, comprehensive semantic-pragmatic typology of British English tag questions. Compared to existing descriptions, the proposed typology is novel in three ways. Firstly, whereas almost all existing typologies are single-layered classifications, the functions of tag questions are categorized into two parallel dimensions of interpersonal meaning: the speech function and the stance layer. Secondly, semantic generalizations are proposed for clusters of grammatical, intonational and conversational properties. Thirdly, the bottom-up description is based on a sizeable amount of authentic, spontaneous conversations, which are analysed both qualitatively and quantitatively.","brand":"John Benjamins Publishing Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47059081658608,"sku":"9789027200433","price":149.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9789027200433_p0.jpg?v=1763669726","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9789027200433","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}