汉语反问句重音的程序功能及语用推理

The Procedural Functions and Inferential Process of Stress in Chinese Rhetorical Questions

话语标记语的程序功能是指说话人以省力高效的方式引导听话人获取推理路径的功能。重音的程序功能包括表意功能和表情功能。对重音语料的话语分析和音感实验结果表明,重音在反问句中表意与表情的程序功能协调一致:在表意方面,重音凸显指向已知信息的语用推理路径,同时强化主观性;在表情方面,重音凸显指向情绪产生根源的推理路径,同时强化情绪性。

The procedural function of discourse markers is to help the hearer to find the intended inferential path efficiently. The procedural function of stress includes the expressive and emotive ones. The results of data analysis in this paper indicate that the expressive functions of stress coordinate w ith the emotive ones in rhetorical questions,i. e.,the former highlights the inferential path to the speakers＇ intended meaning and subjectivity,w hereas the latter points to the source of emotion and strengthens emotionality.