The case of question-based exclamatives: From pragmatic rhetorical function to semantic meaning

IF 1.8 2区文学 0 LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS Intercultural Pragmatics Pub Date : 2022-03-30 DOI:10.1515/ip-2022-2003

Ruti Bardenstein

引用次数: 4

Abstract

Abstract In this paper, I analyze the cyclic linguistic evolution of questions via Bardenstein’s ‘persistence principle’ (Bardenstein, Ruti. 2020b. Persistent argumentative discourse markers. The case of Hebrew rectification-marker be-ʕecem (‘actually’). Journal of Pragmatics 172. 254–269) and argue that questions become “polysemous” via a core function. I show that it is the question’s initial rhetorically-recruited function that motivates its semantic change (alongside grammatical and prosodic changes) and it is that function that also persists throughout its history. I focus my analysis on question-based exclamatives whose peresistent function is the speaker’s strong stance and show that this function persists even when the question-based exclamative cyclically evolves into an adverbial NPI (Negative Polarity Item).

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基于问题的感叹词：从语用修辞功能到语义

摘要在本文中，我通过Bardenstein的“持久性原则”（Bardenstein，Ruti.2020b。持久议论文标记。希伯来语矫正标记的例子是-ʕecem（“actually”）。语用学杂志172。254–269），并认为问题通过核心功能变得“多义”。我表明，正是这个问题最初的修辞功能激发了它的语义变化（以及语法和韵律变化），而且这个功能在它的整个历史中也一直存在。我把我的分析重点放在基于问题的感叹词上，它的持久功能是说话人的强硬立场，并表明即使基于问题的惊叹词循环演变为状语NPI（负极性项），这种功能也会持续存在。

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Intercultural Pragmatics Multiple-

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期刊介绍： Intercultural Pragmatics is a fully peer-reviewed forum for theoretical and applied pragmatics research. The goal of the journal is to promote the development and understanding of pragmatic theory and intercultural competence by publishing research that focuses on general theoretical issues, more than one language and culture, or varieties of one language. Intercultural Pragmatics encourages ‘interculturality’ both within the discipline and in pragmatic research. It supports interaction and scholarly debate between researchers representing different subfields of pragmatics including the linguistic, cognitive, social, and interlanguage paradigms. The intercultural perspective is relevant not only to each line of research within pragmatics but also extends to several other disciplines such as anthropology, theoretical and applied linguistics, psychology, communication, sociolinguistics, second language acquisition, and bi- and multilingualism. Intercultural Pragmatics makes a special effort to cross disciplinary boundaries. What we primarily look for is innovative approaches and ideas that do not always fit into existing paradigms, and lead to new ways of thinking about language. Intercultural Pragmatics has always encouraged the publication of theoretical papers including linguistic and philosophical pragmatics that are very important for research in intercultural pragmatics.