A pragmatic analysis of the Ba particle in Mandarin Chinese
汉语语气助词“吧”的语用分析
Han Yang Saxena 韩洋

Abstract 摘要
This paper attempts at a unified analysis of the properties of the sentence-final ba in relation to Gricean general principles of human communication. The results of the analyses presented in the paper indicate that the presence of the sentence-final particle ba in an expression disturbs the neustic of the sentence. More specifically, ba weakens the neustic in declaratives and imperatives, and the combination of ba and non-particle interrogatives gives rise to a reinforced neustic. It is assumed that all sentence-final particles disturb the neustic, and this paper further compares the sentences ending in particles such as a, ma and ne with the ba-ending ones. It is concluded that depending on the type of the main clause and the degree of disturbance, final particles give rise to a variety of nuanced expressions appropriate to different talk exchange circumstances. As a by-product, the result of the analyses suggests that there exist hierarchies in the classification of illocutionary forces on the basis of the combination of the neustic and tropic.

本文以古赖思学派 (Gricean) 的语用学理论为依据，对句尾语气助词“吧”的用法进行了分析。分析表明“吧”在句子中干扰“neuslic”(句子中表说话人意向的成分)。概而言之，根据句子主要成分及“neuslic”所受干扰程度的不同，句尾语气助词可使讲话人的言词和语气具有各种各样丰富的感情色彩。所有语气助词都有干扰“neuslic”的作用，因此，本文对“吗”、“呢”和“啊”这几个具备疑问性质的语气助词也进行了分析，并与“吧”做了比较。

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