Tag Questions in American and Romanian Witness Examinations

Tag Questions in American and Romanian Witness Examinations

The paper sets out to present tag questions comparatively, i.e. in American and Romanian witness examinations, from a syntactic and a functional point of view. Tag questions are known to be the most conducive of all types of questions, i.e. they suggest the answer, this feature making them very usef...

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Veröffentlicht in:Buletinul Stiintific al Universitatii Politehnica din Timisoara. Seria limbi moderne 2010 (9), p.14-22
1. Verfasser: Fărcaşiu, Marcela
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Sprache:eng
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Language and Literature Studies
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Zusammenfassung:The paper sets out to present tag questions comparatively, i.e. in American and Romanian witness examinations, from a syntactic and a functional point of view. Tag questions are known to be the most conducive of all types of questions, i.e. they suggest the answer, this feature making them very useful tools in the hands of the lawyers (in American courtrooms) and judges (in Romanian courtrooms).
ISSN:1583-7467