Sunday, 31 December 2023

Misrepresenting The Tagging Of Negative Clauses

Martin (2013: 55-6):


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This is misleading, because it is simply not true that negative clauses always reverse their polarity in the Tag, as demonstrated by instances like They won't pay, won't they?. Halliday & Matthiessen (2014: 173-4) provide the view 'from above':

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