Mid-sentence, adds additional reasoning
End of sentence with 吧, postpones discussion
Literally meaning to discuss again later
再说 has two major uses: besides/anyway as discourse addition, and talk about it later as postponement formula (再说吧).
Additive discourse marker - introduces another supporting point
Deferral formula - postpone decision/action to later
Meaning chosen by context and intonation - same form, different pragmatics
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Disambiguate by sentence environment
- Argument continuation vs postponement.
再说吧 often softens refusal
- It can politely defer rather than reject directly.
Do not force literal word-by-word reading
- Function is pragmatic/discourse-driven.
I don't want to go, and besides, I don't have time either.
This matter is too complicated; let's talk about it later.
This phone is too expensive, and besides, I don't need those features.
We'll talk about this topic again tomorrow.
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