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Dictionary of language and linguistics 1174tachysphemiaclutteringtactile agnosiaagnosiatag question (also question tag)Short question added to a statement which requests assurance or affirmation regardingwhat is expressed in the main clause: isn’t it? Fr. n’est-ce pas? ( also interrogative)TagalogMalayo-Polynesian language spoken in the Philippines with approx. 13 million speakersand the basis for simplified Philipino, official language of the Philippines.Characteristics: typical traits of the Philipino languages: verb-initial word order;topical NPs positioned sentence-finally; marking of semantic roles by prepositions;extensive and flexible voice system for topicalization of nominal phrases.Morphologically interesting due to the occurrence of infixes.ReferencesRamos, T. 1971. Tagalog structures. Honolulu, HI.Schachter, P. and F.T.Otanes. 1972. Tagalog reference grammar. Berkeley, CA.tagma [Grk tágma ‘division; arrangement’]In tagmemics, the smallest concretely realized grammatical units of linguistic analysis;e.g. phone, morph.