A Study On The Modern Chinese Interrogative Sentences Containing The Conjunction "Because"

As one of the four types of sentences in modern Chinese,interrogative sentences have very important and unique values in our verbal communication.Causal complex sentences play a central role in all of the syntactic expressions of causality.Up to now,scholars have achieved fruitful results in the research fields of interrogative sentences and complex causal sentences.However,the cross-layer interactive research between interrogative sentences and causal sentences is still a blank space.This paper focus on the interrogative sentences containing the conjunction "Because",aiming to raise people’s understanding of causality and the modern Chinese interrogative sentences to a new level.The body of the paper is divided into four chapters.The first chapter examines the yes-or-no questions that contain the conjunction"Because".Firstly,we examine the syntactic expressions of "因句" with the conjunction"Because",which is divided into affirmative and negative forms.Then it examines the functions of interrogative sentences and rhetorical questions in the yes-or-no questions,and finds out the discriminational basis.The second chapter examines the positive and negative questions containing the conjunction "Because".It mainly explains the syntactic expressions of "因句","因果式"and "果因式" causal sentences.In "果因式" causal sentences,the differences in the position of "是不是" affect the question of the positive and negative questions.In addition,There is a characteristic "果因果式" sentences in the positive and negative questions containing the conjunction "Because".The third chapter examines the selective questions containing the conjunction"Because".Firstly,we analyze the syntactical forms of reasonal options and the performance of "因句" with the conjunction "Because".The selective questions using as rhetorical questions rely heavily on the context.Under the influence of contexts,we try hardly to find the basis of formal discrimination.The fourth chapter examines the WH-questions containing the conjunction"Because".It is very common that the WH-questions containing the conjunction"Because" are used as rhetorical questions.The interrogative pronouns in the WH-questions containing the conjunction "Because" are often blurred,with a rhetorical tone.The position of interrogative pronouns may be before the conjunction "Because" or after the conjunction "Because".On the contrary,some mixed WH-questions are often used to ask.The conclusive part summarizes the findings of this article.