Chinese Politeness

Diachrony, Variation, and Universals in Politeness Theory

Inbunden, Engelska, 2023

Av Rong Chen, San Bernardino) Chen, Rong (California State University

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Politeness in Chinese is a well-researched concept in pragmatics; however, this pioneering book sheds an original new light on the subject. It provides a thorough diachronic investigation of Chinese politeness, and argues for universality in politeness theorizing. The author takes us on a journey through changes in Chinese politeness from Confucius to the present day, showing how these processes are reactions to the changing world, rather than to changes in the principles of politeness itself. He splits Chinese face into Face1 and Face2 – the former referring to the person and the latter to the persona of the speaker - and presents a model of Chinese politeness (MCP). He then proposes B&L-E (Brown and Levinson Extended) by incorporating the theoretical constructs of self-politeness and impoliteness. This title is part of the Flip it Open Programme and may also be available Open Access. Check our website Cambridge Core for details.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2023-11-16
Mått160 x 235 x 15 mm
Vikt463 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor250
FörlagCambridge University Press
ISBN9781009281188

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Rong Chen is Professor at Dalian University of Foreign Languages and Professor Emeritus at California State University, San Bernardino. He has published more than sixty articles in pragmatics, discourse analysis, cognitive linguistics, sociolinguistics, phonology, semantics, and stylistics. He has authored, edited, and translated seven books, including English Inversions (2003, de Gruyter) and Toward a Motivation Model of Pragmatics (2022, de Gruyter).

'Rong Chen provides a thorough, though-provoking and reader-friendly overview of Chinese politeness, which is a fundamental phenomenon to study for all those who want to understand the fine dynamics of Chinese language use. Chinese Politeness is a real treat for both politeness scholars and Sinologists.' Dániel Z. Kádár, Dalian University of Foreign Languages, Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics & University of Maribor