The modal words"ye hao"have rich semantic and pragmatic functions.In terms of modal semantics,"ye hao"has the meaning of concession and identity.The meaning of concession involves"concede-choose"meaning and"unconditional"meaning.The"concede-choose"meaning includes giving way to the second best and giving way to the better,and of which giving way to the sec-ond best is the typical usage,and both can be understood as knowing domain;the"unconditional"meaning can be understood as know-ing domain.The meaning of"identity"includes active identity,passive identity and false identity,of which active identity is the typical usage,and all three can be understood as knowing domain or knowing-uttering domain.In terms of pragmatics,"ye hao"has functions of interaction and discourse markers.
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