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Title: It’s the Dragon’s Turn

It’s the Dragon’s Turn

Chinese Institutional Discourses

by Hao Sun (Volume editor) Dániel Z. Kádár (Volume editor)
©2008 Edited Collection 270 Pages
Linguistics
Series: Linguistic Insights, Volume 48

Summary

The aim of this volume is to fill a long-recognised gap in communication, discourse and culture studies by providing descriptions and analyses of Chinese institutional interactions in various settings. This book contributes on the one hand to the latest developments of discourse studies with insights into the analysis of Chinese institutional interactions. On the other hand, this volume serves as a valuable resource for readers who intend to become acquainted with Chinese culture and institutional discourse.
This volume contains contributions by some of the leading scholars in the field of Chinese discourse analysis. The contributions examine Chinese institutional interactions in various settings, including business negotiations, courtroom interactions, medical consultations, survey interviews, and business telephone calls.

Details

Pages
270
Year
2008
ISBN (Softcover)
9783039111756
Language
English
Keywords
Chinesisch Einrichtung Kommunikation Diskursanalyse Asian Studies Aufsatzsammlung
Published
Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Frankfurt am Main, New York, Oxford, Wien, 2008. 270 pp.

Biographical notes

Hao Sun (Volume editor) Dániel Z. Kádár (Volume editor)

The Editors: Hao Sun, Department of English and Linguistics, Indiana-Purdue University, USA, has carried out extensive research into discourse analysis, pragmatics, language and culture, and language teaching pedagogy. She has published many articles in journals of international standing, including Language in Society, Journal of Pragmatics, Pragmatics, Pragmatics and Language Learning, Journal of the Chinese Language Teachers Association, and Reflections on English Language Teaching. Dániel Z. Kádár, Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, has been carrying out research into traditional Chinese (im)politeness, historical Chinese institutional discourse, and honorific language. He has authored and edited several books, including Terms of (Im)Politeness (2007), Historical (Im)Politeness (Bern: Peter Lang, in preparation), and Letter Writing in Late Imperial China, and has published many papers in international journals, such as Journal of Politeness Research.

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