Chinese topics can be categorized into moved-generated topics and base-generated topics.Base-generated topics can be further subdivided into topics with resumptive constituents and that without resumptive constituents.In terms of syntactic position,the sentence particles are always located after base-generated topics.They are at the interface of syntax and pragmatics,and belong to the pragmatic category.In terms of grammatical function,the sentence particles also have pragmatic functions.The particle"a(啊)"has an"interactive function",the particle"ba(吧)"has a"polite function",the particle"ma(嘛)"has a"inquiry function",and the particle"ne(呢)"has the function of"highlighting the focus".
关键词
话题后语气词/句法位置/语法功能
Key words
the sentence particle as topic makers/syntactic position/grammatical function