On the Formation and Construal Mechanism of the Negative Meaning of Where-Rhetorical Question
Liu Bin1 Yuan Yulin2
1.Research Center for Language and Language Education， Central China Normal University， Wuhan 430079；2.Department of Chinese Language and Literature/Research Center of Chinese Linguistics/Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Computational Linguistics， Peking University， Beijing 100871
Abstract：This paper mainly discusses the formation and construal mechanism of the negative meaning of the where-rhetorical questions. It argues that where-rhetorical questions usually appear in the abnormal context. Speakers use the rhetorical question to intentionally doubt the abnormal situation. Under the guidance of the principles of doubt (“doubting yes and believing no” and “doubting positive and believing negative”)， the negative meaning emerges. Furthermore， the identification and understanding of rhetorical questions can be regarded as a communication process of “ostensive-inferential”. According to the clues of context， common sense， and the accent tone and facial expressions of the speakers， listeners can identify where-rhetorical questions and understand their significance by pragmatic inferences based on the argumentative characteristics of rhetorical questions and the pragmatic principles.
刘 彬 袁毓林. “哪里”类反问句否定意义的形成与识解机制[J]. 华中师范大学学报（人文社会科学版）, 2019, 58(1): 110-117.
Liu Bin Yuan Yulin. On the Formation and Construal Mechanism of the Negative Meaning of Where-Rhetorical Question. journal1, 2019, 58(1): 110-117.
2019, Vol. 58 
