楊志霞著的《修辭問句與關聯理論--基於語料庫
的修辭問句在獨白式文本中的語用研究(英文版)》是
“當代外語研究論叢”之一，以語料庫為研究工具，
提取西方獨白式文本中的修辭問句，以語用學的主流
理論——關聯理論為框架，對修辭問句的使用原因、
句式特征、文本功能、言語接受者辨別修辭問句類型
、推斷言者話語意圖的過程等進行了深入分析。本書
讀者對像為對語料庫研究、語用學、修辭學、語篇分
析等語言學領域感興趣的學者、博士生、研究生及本
科生。

Chapter 1 Introduction
1.1 Research background
1.2 Research objectives
1.3 Outlines of the current study
Chapter 2 Literature review
2.1 Previous definitions and features of RQs
2.1.1 Conflicting views on the claim that 'RQs do not expect an answer'
2.1.2 Conflicting views on the belief that 'answers to RQs are uninformative'
2.1.3 Conflicting views on the claim that 'answers to RQs are obvious'
2.1.4 Conflicting views on the argument that 'RQs observe the rule of polarity shift'
2.1.5 Conflicting views on the belief that 'shared knowledge is required in defining an RQ'
2.2 Previous distinction between RQs and other question types
2.2.1 Expository questions
2.2.2 'Inviting involvement' questions
2.2.3 Self-addressed questions
2.2.4 Leading questions
2.2.5 Examination questions
2.2.6 Guess questions
2.2.7 Formulaic questions
2.2.8 Philosophical (speculative) questions
2.3 Previous identification of RQs by linguistic indicators and context
2.3.1 Linguistic indicators
2.3.2 Context
2.3.3 The Code Model and the inferential model
2.4 Previous studies on functions of RQs
2.5 Previous studies on the two genres involved in the current study
2.6 Summary
Chapter 3 Theoretical framework n Relevance Theory
3.1 Speech Act Theory
3.2 Gricean Maxims vs. neo-Griceans and post-Griceans
3.3 The major concepts in Relevance Theory
3.3.1 The concept of ' relevance'
3.3.2 The concept of ' context'
3.3.3 The concepts of 'implicature' and 'explicature'
3.3.4 The concepts of 'ostensive-inferential communication' and '0stensive stimuli'
3.3.5 The concept of 'mutual manifestness'
3.4 Summary of claims in Relevance Theory
3.5 Interpretation of interrogatives in Relevance Theory
3.6 Interpretation of 'figurative' language in Relevance Theory
3.7 Interpretation process of an utterance in Relevance Theory
Chapter 4 Methodology in the current study
4.1 Methodological procedure of the current study
4.2 Brief introduction to corpus linguistics and the corpora used in the current study
4.2.1 Corpus linguistics and its application to the study of RQs
4.2.2 Corpora used in the current study
4.3 Extracting questions from the two genres
4.3.1 Extracting questions from political speeches
4.3.2 Extracting questions from newspaper editorials
4.4 Criterion for identifying and interpreting an RQ in the current study
4.4.1 How the Code Model helps to explain the identification of R0s