Abstract
摘要
Contents
Introduction
0.1 Background of This Thesis
0.2 Objectives of This Thesis
0.3 Layout of This Thesis
Chapter One Literature Review
1.1 Previous Studies on English Disjunctive Questions
1.2 Previous Studies on Chinese Disjunctive Questions
1.3 Summary
Chapter Two The Theory of Dialogic Syntax
2.1 The Main Conceptions of Dialogic Syntax
2.2 The Analytic Tools of Dialogic Syntax
2.3 Summary
Chapter Three The Constructions and Constructional Features of English and Chinese Disjunctive Questions
3.1 The Constructions
3.1.1 The Construction of English Disjunctive Questions
3.1.2 The Construction of Chinese Disjunctive Questions
3.1.3 The Similarities and Differences between the Constructions of English and Chinese Disjunctive Questions
3.2 The Constructional Features
3.2.1 The Location Features
3.2.2 The Features of the Tag Part
3.3 Summary
Chapter Four The Semantic Features and Constraints of the Selection of the Answers to English and Chinese Disjunctive Questions
4.1 The Semantic Features
4.1.1 Dialogic Resonance
4.1.2 Conceptual Contrast
4.1.3 Dialogic Reproduction and Selection
4.2 The Constraints
4.2.1 The Constraint of the Sentence Types
4.2.2 The Constraint of the Degree of Interrogation
4.2.3 The Constraint of the Prior Utterance
4.3 The Similarities and Differences of the Selection of the Answers
4.3.1 The Similarities
4.3.2 The Differences
4.4 Summary
Chapter Five The Pragmatic Functions and Motivations of English and Chinese Disjunctive Questions
5.1 The Pragmatic Functions
5.1.1 Inquiry Functions
5.1.2 Non-inquiry Functions
5.2 The Motivations
5.2.1 Context Analogy
5.2.2 Diagraph Mapping
5.3 Summary
Conclusion
1.The Major Findings
2.The Limitations and Prospects
Bibliography
Acknowledgements
声明