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Syntactic,Semantic and Pragmatic Analysis of the Rhetorical Question in Modern Chinese

Author: ZhuZuo
Tutor: ZhouYongHui；DengYingShu
School: Sichuan Normal University
Course: Linguistics and Applied Linguistics
Keywords: Rhetorical question Syntactic structure Semantics Pragmatic
CLC: H146
Type: Master's thesis
Year: 2004
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Abstract

The rhetorical question is widely used in the modern Chinese, and is quite characteristic of a pseudo interrogative style. Rhetorical Question particularity the grammar sector more emphasis on its research has always been, a lot of research. This article is mainly rhetorical question on the basis of previous studies of deeper, trying to rhetorical questions and general interrogative structure difference, ask the sentence in the form of tag, ask the rhetorical question of semantics and language sentence semantic and pragmatic conditions understand, ask some new discoveries and breakthroughs in the sentence authenticity asked to spend the difference in the semantic language other issues. First, the use of the method of transformation analysis, effects of rhetorical questions and interrogative transform relationship. Asked the same name and contains general interrogative word, word order, the hierarchical structure is also the same, but their conversion relationship is different: as a doubt especially in form of questions and non-questions are in conflict, not mutually transform ; used as asked of unspecified questions and non-Q formally transform each other. Therefore, we believe that in the form of two Sentences is significantly different. So isomorphic form is not the \Secondly, it is generally perceived, asked the sentence and general interrogative Sentence on no difference. Various general interrogative or declarative sentences plus ask the tone can constitute a rhetorical question. Yes - no questions asked usage is the most common followed by unspecified asked, rare choose to ask and are asked. The analysis examines the rhetorical question of structure types and their characteristics, we found that the reasons for this imbalance is that these Sentence different characteristics of the syntactic structure, they are in for the rhetorical question, each form some form of and the characteristics of the communication. Again, this article on the use of the semantic and rhetorical requires conditions to explore the impact ask the tone of the formation of a variety of factors, asked sentences semantic duality and language adaptation of the relationship. Then the author of rhetorical questions of language features and language function study that Pragmatic meaning the following six functions: functional expression of discontent, defense rebuttal remind, urging the expression of the function of the doubt , lyrical, reasoning functionality. Expression humble, polite function. Rhetorical Question language with meaning through context to grasp, ask the phrases with the meaning of diversity and behavior, some rhetorical questions through verbal communication in conventional process, the formation of prescriptive of rhetorical questions. Finally, the paper discusses the rhetorical difference in semantics, pragmatics with a general question. We believe that a rhetorical question, not only in terms of syntactic structure, adverbs word group with accent positions there are syntax differences with a general question, and asked the sentence with a general question in semantics, pragmatics, and there are also differences: rhetorical questions can often be negative answer can often act as A sentence to take on more complex forms of questions, is the topic of convergence, is an effective means to expand or lead to conflict. In summary, this paper starting from the theory of the three planes, use transform analysis method were analyzed, with the rhetorical question of syntactic structure and semantics, pragmatics, describing the characteristics of the form of rhetorical questions in as much detail as possible, pointed out some form of rhetorical questions marks, as well as a more in-depth study of the rhetorical question of semantics, pragmatics features.

Syntactic,Semantic and Pragmatic Analysis of the Rhetorical Question in Modern Chinese

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