Taking the conversation of TV dramas as corpus,this paper analyzed the application and pragmatic functions of modal particles"ba"and"ne"in Chinese refusal expressions from the perspective of politeness factors."Ba"can be attached to independent sentence structures,such as"suanle",clauses or sentences expressing instruction behaviors,such as suggestion commands,rhetorical questions,deliberative questions,statements of evaluation,etc.,to ease the refusal tone."Ne"mainly appears in the declarative sentences or the rhetorical questions expressing refusal."Ne"in these sentences or questions has limitations on nonverbal pragmatic factors such as the relationship status between the speakers and hearers,the age and the gender of both parties in the conversation,highlighting the appropriateness of politeness.
Chinese refusal expressionspolitenessmodal particlesTV dramas
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