Study On The Matching Ability Of Interrogative Modal Adverbs With Different Types Of Interrogative Sentences In Modern Chinese

This thesis focuses on the discussion of the matching ability of interrogative modal adverbs with different types of interrogative sentences.The Introduction part, based on the review of previous research, mainly defines the research scope and research method of the thesis. As to the research scope, it limits the interrogative modal adverbs to the fourteen words "mo fei(莫非)","mo bu shi(莫不是)","nan dao(难道)",''nan bu cheng(难不成)","jiu jing(究竟)","dao di(到底)","he bi(何必)","he xu(何须)","he fang(何妨)","he ceng(何曾)","he chang(何尝)","he bu(何不)'',"he ku(何苦)", and "qi(岂)".The first four chapters describe respectively the cases and pragmatic features of interrogative modal adverbs'matching with different types of interrogative sentences. Besides, they discuss the differences and similarities in pragmatics between the three pairs of synonyms "nan dao/mo bu shi(莫非/莫不是)","nan dao/nan bu cheng(难道/难不成)",and "jiu jing/dao di(究竟/到底)''as well. From the discussion some conclusions are reached as follows:"mo fei(莫非)","mo bu shi (莫不是)","nan dao(难道)"nd "nan bu cheng(难不成)''can not be applied to alternative interrogations, specific interrogations or A-not-A interrogations but yes-or-no interrogations once they are used in modern Chinese; what's more, all of them can express tones of conjecturing and rhetorical questioning but inquiring, in which "mo fei(莫非)", and "mo bu shi(莫不是)"primarily indicate conjecturing and next rhetorical questioning, while "nan dao(难道)"and "nan bu cheng(难不成)"primarily indicate rhetorical questioning and next conjecturing. Moreover, words like "he+X(何+X)''can only be applied to specific interrogations rather than the other three kind of interrogations and can express the tone of rhetorical questioning only; but "jiu jing(究竟)"and "dao di(/到底)"an be applied to all the four types of interrogations except yes-or-no interrogations, and can express all the three tones-inquiring, conjecturing and rhetorical questioning which are associated with the types of interrogations and context. In addition, "qi(岂)''can be applied to yes-or-no interrogations and specific interrogations but not to alternative interrogations or A-not-A interrogations, and can only express the tone of rhetorical questioning.The last chapter concludes the thesis and ranks the matching ability of interrogative modal adverbs with different types of interrogative sentences in descending order as follows:jiu jing(究竟)>dao di(到底)>qi(岂)>nan dao(难道)>1no fei(莫非)>he bi(何必)>he chang(何尝)>he bu(何不)>he ku(何苦)>Ino bu shi(莫不是)>he ceng(何曾)>he fang(何妨)>he xv(何须)>nan bu cheng(难不成),according to their numbers applied in interrogative sentences, their distribution in interrogative sentences and non-interrogative sentences, the types of interrogative sentences that they can match with, the types of tones they can express, and their matching case with interrogative modal particles.