In:Fictive questions in the Zhuangzi: A cognitive rhetorical study
Mingjian Xiang
[Figurative Thought and Language 18] 2023
► pp. 14–38
Chapter 2Review of relevant literature
Published online: 24 May 2023
https://doi.org/10.1075/ftl.18.c2
https://doi.org/10.1075/ftl.18.c2
Article outline
- 2.1Review of previous study on expository questions
- 2.1.1Defining expository question
- 2.1.2Characteristics of expository questions
- 2.1.3Functions of expository questions
- 2.1.3.1Rhetorical approaches
- 2.1.3.2Pragmatic approaches
- 2.1.4Classification of expository questions
- 2.2Review of previous study on rhetorical questions
- 2.2.1Defining rhetorical question
- 2.2.2Characteristics of rhetorical questions
- i.Discrepancy between form and function
- ii.Polarity reversal
- iii.The addresser’s commitment to the implied answer
- 2.2.3Identifying rhetorical questions
- 2.2.4Functions of rhetorical questions
- 2.2.4.1Rhetorical approaches
- 2.2.4.2Pragmatic approaches
- 2.3A new typology of fictive questions
- 2.4Review of previous studies on fictive questions in the Zhuangzi text
Acknowledgment Notes
