Semantic Study of the Action,Knowledge,Speech Domains and the Construction of"Bu Xianghua"
"Bu Xianghua"is a negative modal construction formed by negating the key component"Xianghua"(literally"to make sense").Semantically,it relates to the three domains of action,knowledge,speech.Specifically,when"Bu Xiang-hua"is used to denote that a certain objective fact or rationale does not conform to common sense or laws,it falls under the domain of action.When used to express evaluations or convey the speaker's viewpoint,it pertains to the domain of knowl-edge.When used to state objective rationales and express self-awareness and evaluation,it involves a crossover between the action and knowledge domains.Moreover,when it is used to express subjective evaluations while also denoting a type of speech act,it falls under a crossover between the knowledge and speech domains.
"Bu Xianghua"constructionnegative modalitythree domains of action,knowledge,speech