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Publication details [#26450]

Pan, Yuling. 2000. Politeness in Chinese face-to-face interaction. (Advances in Discourse Processes 67). Ablex Publishing Company. XIV+ 169 pp.
Publication type
Book – monograph
Publication language
English
Language as a subject
ISBN
0047-4045

Annotation

Via discourse analysis of Cantonese and Mandarin data, this book explores Chinese politeness behavior across family gatherings, business encounters and official meetings, three social settings representing a variety of situations and power structures. This study takes into account the social factors of age, gender, rank, ingroup identity and setting.

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