04818nam 22004933 450 991100895140332120230619120055.09789027250032(ebook)9789027213792(hb)(MiAaPQ)EBC30535546(Au-PeEL)EBL30535546(CKB)26597450000041(DE-B1597)717941(DE-B1597)9789027250032(OCoLC)1378309929(EXLCZ)992659745000004120230510d20232023 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierFictive Questions in the Zhuangzi A Cognitive Rhetorical Study /Mingjian Xiang1st ed.Amsterdam :John Benjamins Publishing Company,[2023].©2023.1 online resource (222 pages)Figurative Thought and Language Series ;v.18Print version: Xiang, Mingjian Fictive Questions in the Zhuangzi Amsterdam/Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company,c2023 9789027213792 Intro -- -- -- -- -- -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Motivation for the study -- 1.2 Object of investigation -- 1.3 Research questions -- 1.4 Theoretical basis -- 1.5 Methodology -- 1.6 Structure of the book -- Acknowledgment -- Chapter 2 Review of relevant literature -- 2.1 Review of previous study on expository questions -- 2.1.1 Defining expository question -- 2.1.2 Characteristics of expository questions -- 2.1.3 Functions of expository questions -- 2.1.3.1 Rhetorical approaches -- 2.1.3.2 Pragmatic approaches -- 2.1.4 Classification of expository questions -- 2.2 Review of previous study on rhetorical questions -- 2.2.1 Defining rhetorical question -- 2.2.2 Characteristics of rhetorical questions -- i. Discrepancy between form and function -- ii. Polarity reversal -- iii. The addresser's commitment to the implied answer -- 2.2.3 Identifying rhetorical questions -- 2.2.4 Functions of rhetorical questions -- 2.2.4.1 Rhetorical approaches -- 2.2.4.2 Pragmatic approaches -- 2.3 A new typology of fictive questions -- 2.4 Review of previous studies on fictive questions in the Zhuangzi text -- Acknowledgment -- Chapter 3 Theoretical framework -- 3.1 Conceptual blending theory -- 3.1.1 Types of conceptual integration networks -- 3.1.2 Conceptual blending in discourse -- 3.2 Fictive interaction -- 3.2.1 Fictive interaction blend -- 3.2.2 Conversational monologues -- 3.3 Writer-reader interaction networks in the Zhuangzi text -- Acknowledgment -- Chapter 4 Forms and functions of expository questions in the Zhuangzi text -- 4.1 Distribution of expository questions in the Zhuangzi text -- 4.2 Expository questions as intersubjective mixed viewpoint constructions in the Zhuangzi text -- 4.2.1 Expository questions in the Here-and-Now space -- 4.2.2 Expository questions in the Current Discourse Space.4.3 Functions of expository questions in the Zhuangzi text -- 4.4 Summary -- Acknowledgment -- Chapter 5 Forms and functions of rhetorical questions in the Zhuangzi text -- 5.1 Distribution of rhetorical questions in the Zhuangzi text -- 5.1.1 Rhetorical questions in classical Chinese -- 5.1.2 Overview of rhetorical questions in the Zhuangzi text -- 5.2 Rhetorical questions as intersubjective mixed viewpoint constructions in the Zhuangzi text -- 5.2.1 Rhetorical questions in the Here-and-Now space -- 5.2.2 Rhetorical questions in the Current Discourse Space -- 5.3 Functions of rhetorical questions in the Zhuangzi text -- 5.4 Summary -- Acknowledgment -- Chapter 6 Fictive questions and self-persuasion in the Zhuangzi text -- 6.1 Neural mechanisms of mental simulation and perspective taking -- 6.2 Toward a simulation rhetorics model of self-persuasion -- 6.3 Fictive questions as a therapeutic method in the Zhuangzi text -- 6.4 Summary -- Acknowledgment -- Chapter 7 Conclusion -- 7.1 Summary of major findings -- 7.2 Significance of the study -- 7.3 Suggestions for future research -- Acknowledgment.Rhetoric is intimately related to interaction and cognition. This book explores the cognitive underpinnings of rhetoric by presenting a case study of the rhetorical use of interactional structures, namely expository questions and rhetorical questions, in the classical Chinese tradition.Figurative Thought and Language Series880-05Chinese languageRhetoricCase studies.lcgftChinese languageRhetoric.401.4301835Xiang Mingjian1826679MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQ9911008951403321Fictive Questions in the Zhuangzi4394693UNINA