互动观念下汉语是非问句疑问和焦点的关系

The Relationship between Interrogation and Focus of Yes-No Questions in Chinese under the Concept of Interaction

本文以汉语是非问句为例,基于语言研究中的互动观念,具体分析疑问和焦点这两个语法范畴之间的关系问题。研究发现:就汉语是非问句而言,无论是单一疑问表达手段还是多种疑问表达手段的结合使用,都不能决定是非问句的焦点,而不同的焦点表现形式却可以对是非问句疑问功能或疑问意义的表达产生一定的影响,所造成的结果是:要求听话人就问话人所关注的信息重点来回答,或者使是非问句从一般的询问句变为反问句。

Based on the concept of interaction,this paper takes Chinese yes-no questions as an example to analyze the relationship between interrogation and focus specifically.The results show that the focus of yes-no questions cannot be determined by the single interogative expression device or the combination of multiple interrogative expression devices,however,different forms of focus can have certain influence on the expression of interrogative function or interrogative meaning of yes-no questions.The result is that the listener is required to answer the key point of the information concerned by the questioner,or the yes-no questions are changed from general inquiry sentences to rhetorical questions.