Research On Chinese Interrogative Particles '吗' ,'呢', '啊'

Expressing mood through mood particles is one of the most characteristic features of Mandarin Chinese. Not only the particles might express different attitudes, but also certain mood might be described by different particles. One particle can also have several different ways of pronunciations and each of these pronunciations is expressed by different character. As far as teaching Chinese as a second language is concerned, this phenomenon might cause a lot of complications to students who study Chinese as a second language.It is very important to clearly explain meaning of each interrogative particle. That means mood, attitude and emotional meaning the particle posses or expresses. For native speakers, it is easy to recognize meaning of these particles, because they have common language sense. That is why there is a little need for deep analysis. But as far as teaching Chinese as a second language is concerned, mood particles are definitely worth researching and analyzing. Look at the example below:(1)有人不知道吗?(2)有人不知道呢?(3)有人不知道啊?In this paper, we will analyze these four sentences. The words used in these sentences, their intonation and word order are identical, the only difference is particle at the end of each sentence. Even though the sentences are identical, the different mood particle makes each sentence different.In this paper, first we will analyze different types of interrogative sentences in modern Chinese and their constituents. At the same time, we will analyze different ways of combinations of these constituents and clearly describe their grammatical functions and characteristics. In addition, a lot of language experts have different theories on classification of mood particles. After careful consideration, the author has chosen four mood particles"吗,呢,啊"as an object of her analysis and deep discussion. The method of analyzing in this paper is segregative analysis. That means we will take out the end particles"吗,呢,啊", and compare the sentence without the particle with the sentence with the particle. Furthermore, we will combine different mood particles with same sentences and discuss the particles in different language environment. This way, we will not only be able to point out the differences in tone of the different variations of the same sentence, but also find out the explicit meaning of each particle.In modern Chinese only"吗"is considered to be a proper interrogative particle. Other particles, such as"呢,啊", are optional. They can be used or not. Function of these particles is to make the sentence more moderate and relaxed. Interrogative sentences with particles are more moderate and often also more polite. Using interrogative particles seams like a more successful strategy of asking question.As can be seen from above text, the number of interrogative particles in modern Chinese is quite limited, but they are used very frequently. The majority of interrogative particles make the tone of sentences more moderate and attitude more relaxed. This article cannot be considered a thorough study. I hope it will help other scholars in deeper research of mood particles.