“不是……吗”的句法和语用分析

A Syntactic and Pragmatic Analysis of "bushi…ma"

"不是……吗"的特点可以从句法和语用两个方面加以考察:句法上,它可以后接三种成分,有很强的标记性和焦点作用;语用上,从它的话语推理中我们发现有时候反问句并不是真的就不用回答,有些反问句需要回答,这也是对以往结论的修正。

This paper is the exploration of construction ＂bushi＇＂. ma＂ on its syntactic and pragmatic characteristics. From the syntactic aspect, we find that it can be followed by three kinds of elements with its high markedness and function of focus. From the pragmatic aspect, after analyzing its inference of discourse implication, we find that rhetorical questions need to be answered some- times. This is also a modification for previous conclusion.