On Rhetorical Relations of Ba Constructions

KJC Korea
Journal Central

Korean | English

pISSN : 1738-0502 / eISSN : 2635-4373

http://journal.kci.go.kr/ksclc

Home > Explore Content > All Issues > Article View

9 of 18

On Rhetorical Relations of Ba Constructions

¹南京师范大学国际文化教育学院

ABSTRACT
열림/닫힘 버튼

Based on Segmented Discourse Representation Theory (SDRT),rhetorical relations of Ba constructions can be divided into 12 types. The rhetorical relations of Ba constructionsin four textshave similarities and differences. Overall, Elaboration, Narration, Background andResultare more typical rhetorical relations, Parallel and Alternation are the most atypical ones. As for different texts, Narration is the most typical rhetorical relationof Ba constructions in narrative texts, Elaboration is the most typical one in expository and conversational texts, Consequence is the most typical onein commentary texts. Although Result is not the most typical rhetorical relations of Ba constructions, but the frequency of its use in four texts is very stable. All these distributions can be explained. Accordingto the distributions and the number of cases of 12 types of rhetorical relations of Ba constructions, you can set up the typical degree continuum of rhetoric relations of Ba constructions.
KEYWORDS
열림/닫힘 버튼

rhetorical relations, Ba constructions, types, texts

174 Viewed

47 Downloaded