一般疑问句疑问功能的语用消解

A Pragmatic Study of the Functional Transmutation in English General Question

本文从语用的角度讨论了一般疑问句的疑问消解,指出两种情况:一、疑问衰变可以通过疑问标示表示出来,二、具有常规疑问标示的一般疑问句的疑问衰变完全靠语境消解.疑问标示作为疑问句常规力量的指示语,本身有其内在的语义内容,但特定的语境却消解了疑问标示所携带的疑问成分;采用疑问形式是为了达到某种关联,语义上的不确定性也决定了疑问句的疑问形式,不确定性既可以体现在听话人身上也可以体现在发话人身上.

This article concentrates, from pragmatic point of view, on the interrogative transmutation of the general question in English, claiming that this transmutation can be effected by question markers as well as by particular contexts. The question markers carry some interrogative force, which in turn can be removed by some concrete context. The markers in this sense are used to achieve certain relevance and to express some indeterminacy from either party in communication.