Proceedings of the 2021 International Conference on Social Development and Media Communication (SDMC 2021)

On the Study of Chinese Double-false Counterfactual Conditionals

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Yujing Yangjoyceyang0901@163.com
Wenzhou Business College
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10.2991/assehr.k.220105.287How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Chinese; double-false counterfactual conditionals; dynamic semantic; pragmatic analysis
Abstract

The double-false counterfactual conditional is a special category of counterfactual conditionals with particular semantic and pragmatic features which has not been singled out from counterfactual conditionals in Chinese. This paper mainly aims to research the semantics of Chinese double-false counterfactual conditionals whose protasis and apodosis both being false from the perspective from traditional static semantics theory, material implication theory, strict implication theory, coexistence theory and modern dynamic semantics theory. This paper also studies the pragmatic function of Chinese double-false counterfactual conditionals. Both modern and ancient Chinese and English sentences from BCC corpus are compared in this paper in order to testify the particular function of double-false counterfactual conditionals which should be categorized as a type in Chinese. By the analysis from the respective of semantics and pragmatics, the stressed content, emotions and expression characteristics are obtained. The counterfactual conditional sentence is a special form of logical expression and sentiment expression, while the Chinese double-false counterfactual conditionals are not only logically emphasized, but also has the characteristics of exclusive argumentation, which has its unique research value.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2021 International Conference on Social Development and Media Communication (SDMC 2021)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
17 January 2022
ISBN
10.2991/assehr.k.220105.287
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/assehr.k.220105.287How to use a DOI?
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© 2022 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.
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