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Chapter 7 “therefore” marker either to signal the overall summary of the statement, only adding this when the interpreter fails to translate the final comment about the need for consultation. The spokesman actually repeats his final comment, adding the therefore marker in the way shown in (9) below. 9. Bixu dou bixu shixian yu wo shangliang Must all must first with me discuss (The interpreter fails to translate this in the first instance, so the spokesman repeats it, but, tellingly now also adds a “therefore” marker to explicitly signal that this is the conclusion of the statement.) Suoyi dou bixu shixian yu wo shangliang Therefore all must first with me discuss Therefore consultation with China is a must before such a decision is taken. For good measure he then adds: Xiwang you guan guojia zai zhe shi-shang shenzhong xingshi Hope have concern country in this matter-on prudent conduct. We hope that the countries will act with prudence on this matter. The spokesman’s comments follow this rhetorical structure. Because Taiwan is a part of China opening an airlink with Taiwan is political therefore oppose others dealing with Taiwan China must be consulted and people must act prudently The lack of any “because” or “therefore” discourse markers is evidence that these comments were prepared beforehand. Interestingly, they proved to contain 136
Principles of Sequencing and Rhetorical Organisation too much information for the interpreter to manage, so the spokesman had to repeat his final point and added an explicit “therefore” in order to underline the argument. The third example we analyse is taken from Wu Yingtian who provides it as an example of inductive reasoning. Wu (124) defines inductive reasoning as follows: The organisation of induction always places the material first, discusses the argument (liyou), and then puts forward the conclusion, making the thesis unequivocally clear. To exemplify inductive reasoning, Wu uses this summary of a contemporary essay by Lu Xun in which he compares Hitler with the Qin emperor, Qin Shihuang (124ff). Xitele gen Qin Shihuang bi shi diji-de Hitler and Qin Shihuang than be low-M Xitele gen Qin Shihuang bi shi kechi-de Hitler and Qin Shihuang than be shameful-M Xitele gen Qin Shihuang bi shi geng duanming-de Hitler and Qin Shihuang than be even short-lived-M (er, diji, kechi, duanming shi kebei-de) (and low, shameful, short-lived is lamentable) Suoyi (Xitele bi Qin Shihuang shi kebei-de) Therefore (Hitler than Qin Shihuang be lamentable-M) raner Xitele zai Zhongguo-de ganr-men dou wei but Hitler in China-M follower-PI all for Xitele shang tai er xinggao cailie 137
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Works Cited Chafe, Wallace L. “Gi
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