序 前言 Abstract Chapter 1 Introduction 1.0 Introduction 1.1 The rationale of the present study 1.2 Problems with the existing studies 1.3 Objectives of the present study 1.4 Methodology 1.5 Outline of the study Chapter 2 Review of Relevant Literature 2.0 Introduction 2.1 Studies on Chinese rhetorical questions 2.2 Overseas studies of rhetorical questions 2.3 Summary Chapter 3 Research Methodology 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Methodology in the present study 3.3 Description of the data 3.4 Summary Chapter 4 Identification and Interpretation of Chinese Rhetorical Questions 4.1 Introducion 4.2 Theoretical background of the present approach …… Chapter 5 Responses to Chinese Rhetorical Questions Chapter 6 Rhetorical Questions as Discursive and Argumentative Acts in Talk Shows Chapter 7 Conclusion Appendix 1 Sources of rhetorical questions in the corpus Appendix 2 Secimen analyses of rhetorical questions in corpus Bibliography