Chinese Discourse and Interaction
Theory and Practice
1st Edition
Will be published approx. on 1. January 2013
Book
Hardback
338 pages
978-1-84553-632-9 (ISBN)
Description
Although Chinese is one of the most thoroughly studied languages in pragmatics, and has a pivotal role in intercultural communication studies because of the increasing cultural and economic interaction between China and other countries, no large-scale study has been devoted to this topic. This groundbreaking volume fills this gap in pragmatic and discourse studies through high-quality research focusing on the theory and practice of Chinese discourse and, in a wider sense, interaction analysis. It introduces the different layers of Chinese discourse and interaction, and makes a valuable contribution not only to Chinese studies but also to other fields such as intercultural and discourse studies. The contributors to this volume include renowned experts within the field. They present their arguments in an accessible style, making this book useful to both experts of Chinese and discourse studies, as well as advanced students with an interest in communication and society.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
660 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84553-632-9 (9781845536329)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Yuling Pan is Sociolinguist and Principal Researcher at the U.S. Census Bureau. Dániel Z. Kádár is Professor at the School of Music, Humanities and Media, University of Huddersfield.
Content
Chapter 1: Introduction Yuling Pan and Daniel Z. Kadar Part I: Conversation Analytic and Linguistic Approaches to Chinese Discourse Chapter 2: Epistemic Stance in Mandarin Conversation: The Positions and Functions of Wo juede I thinkA" Tomoko Endo, Kyoto University Chapter 3: Self-repair in Mandarin and Cantonese: Delaying the Next Item Due in Casual Conversation and News Interviews Wei Zhang and Angela Chan, both at City University of Hong Kong Chapter 4: Do I really have to?A" The Give-and-take of Deonitic Meaning in Chinese Agnes Weiyun He, SUNY-Stony Brook University Chapter 5: English THEN in Colloquial Singapore Mandarin Cher Leng Lee, National University of Singapore Part II: Discourse Analytic and Social Approaches to Chinese Discourse Chapter 6: Approaching Chinese Power in Situated Discourse Yueguo Gu, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Chapter 7: Face in Taiwanese Business Interactions: From Emic Concepts to Emic Practices Wei-Lin Melody Chang and Michael Haugh, both at Griffith University, Brisbane Chapter 8: What Are Chinese Respondents Responding to? A Close Examination of Question- answer Sequences in Survey Interviews Yuling Pan Chapter 9: Analysis of Chinese Speakers' Indirect and Contrary-to-face Value Responses to Survey Interview Questions Anna Y. Chan, City University of Hong Kong Chapter 10: Customer-employee Interaction from a Diachronic Perspective Hao Sun, Indiana-Purdue University Chapter 11: Who is Making the Decision? Chinese PrenatalCounselling Discourse in Hong Kong Olga Zayts, University of Hong Kong, Virginia Wake Yelei, independent researcher, and Stephanie Schnurr, University of Warwick Chapter 12: The Pragmatics of Q&A Interaction: Public Discourse in Hong Kong Winnie Cheng, Hong Kong Polytechnic University Chapter 13: On the Positive Formation of Chinese Group Identity (8,000 words) Daniel Z. Kadar Chapter 14: PolysemousA" Politeness: Speaker Self-referring Forms in Honglou Meng Chen Xinren, Nanjing University Chapter 15: Epilogue: What makes Chinese unique in discourse and interaction? Kenneth Kong, Hong Kong Baptist University