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Fictive questions in the Zhuangzi: A cognitive rhetorical study
Mingjian Xiang
[Figurative Thought and Language 18] 2023
► pp. 14–38

Chapter 2
Review of relevant literature

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