《修辞问句与关联理论》内容简介

本书主要研究两个问题。首先，探索言语接受者是如何辨别一个问句并非是真正问句，而是不需回答的旨在传达一个命题的修辞问句，又是如何推断出言者的话语意图，隐含之意的，论证了主张人类交流是通过对言语进行赋码与解码来实现的话码模式不足以解析修辞问句的隐含之意：修辞问句的分析必须引入推理模式。而1986年法国学者斯波伯（Sperber)和英国学者威尔逊（Wilson）提出的关联理论作为推理模式的重要代表，能够成功揭开修辞问句使用及理解的神秘面纱。其次，本书通过语料库数据，探讨了修辞问句有哪些不同的类型，又是如何分别在独白式文本语境下帮助言者实现其说服的意图的。
作者：杨志霞

作品目录

内容提要
前言
Chapter
1、Introduction
1.1、Research
background
1.2、Research
objectives
1.3、Outlines
of
the
current
study
Chapter
2、Literature
review
2.1、Previous
definitions
and
features
of
RQs
2.2、Previous
distinction
between
RQs
and
other
question
types
2.3、Previous
identification
of
RQs
by
linguistic
indicators
and
context
2.4、Previous
studies
on
functions
of
RQs
2.5、Previous
studies
on
the
two
genres
involved
in
the
current
study
2.6、Summary
Chapter
3、Theoretical
framework
—
Relevance
Theory
3.1、Speech
Act
Theory
3.2、Gricean
Maxims
vs.
neo-Griceans
and
post-Griceans
3.3、The
major
concepts
in
Relevance
Theory
3.4、Summary
of
claims
in
Relevance
Theory
3.5、Interpretation
of
interrogatives
in
Relevance
Theory
3.6、Interpretation
of
‘figurative’
language
in
Relevance
Theory
3.7、Interpretation
process
of
an
utterance
in
Relevance
Theory
Chapter
4、Methodology
in
the
current
study
4.1、Methodological
procedure
of
the
current
study
4.2、Brief
introduction
to
corpus
linguistics
and
the
corpora
used
in
the
current
study
4.3、Extracting
questions
from
the
two
genres
4.4、Criterion
for
identifying
and
interpreting
an
RQ
in
the
current
study
4.5、Summary
Chapter
5、Applying
analysis
categories:
question
types
for
inclusion
or
exclusion
5.1、Cases
excluded
from
the
current
study
5.2、Distinguishing
RQs
from
other
question
types
in
the
data
5.3、Analysis
of
RQ
categories
5.4、Summary
Chapter
6、Analysis
of
RQs
in
American
and
British
campaign
speeches
6.1、Theoretical
considerations
of
Speech
Act
Theory
and
Gricean
Principle
in
accounting
for
political
RQs
6.2、Use
of
RQs
rather
than
direct
assertions
in
political
speeches
6.3、Identification
and
interpretation
of
political
RQs
with
linguistic
indicators
in
terms
of
Relevance
Theory
6.4、Identification
and
interpretation
of
political
RQs
without
linguistic
indicators
in
terms
of
Relevance
Theory
6.5、RQs
with
explicit
answers
provided
in
political
speeches
6.6、RQs
not
observing
polarity
shift
in
political
speeches
6.7、RQs
containing
other
rhetorical
devices
in
political
speeches
6.8、Summary
Chapter
7、Analysis
of
RQs
in
newspaper
editorials
7.1、Theoretical
considerations
of
Speech
Act
Theory
and
Gricean
Principle
in
accounting
for
editorial
RQs
7.2、
Mode-related
differences
between
RQs
in
political
speeches
and
newspaper
editorials
7.3、Identification
and
interpretation
of
editorial
RQs
with
linguistic
indicators
in
terms
of
Relevance
Theory
7.4、Identification
and
interpretation
of
editorial
RQs
without
linguistic
indicators
in
terms
of
Relevance
Theory
7.5、RQs
with
explicit
answers
provided
in
editorials
7.6、RQs
not
observing
polarity
shift
in
editorials
7.7、RQs
containing
other
rhetorical
devices
in
editorials
7.8、RQs
serving
as
titles
or
subtitles
in
newspaper
editorials
7.9、Summary
Chapter
8、Conclusions
8.1、Background
to
the
current
study
8.2、Summary
of
the
discussion
throughout
the
current
study
8.3、Summary
of
contributions
to
the
field
of
RQ
study
8.4、Limitations,
applications
and
avenues
for
future
research
References
Appendices