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Author Chen, Xinren, 1967- author.

Title Critical pragmatic studies on Chinese public discourse / Xinren Chen
Published Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2020
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Description 1 online resource (x, 224 pages)
Series China perspectives
China perspectives series.
Contents Research background -- Theoretical foundations -- Social mentalities behind Chinese business names -- "Pragmatic traps" in Chinese advertisements -- "Suspected" discrimination in Chinese public discourse -- (Non- )civility in Chinese public discourse -- Personalization in Chinese public discourse -- Subjectivity in Chinese journalistic discourse
Summary "Public discourse constitutes the language environment of a town or a city, which forms part of the social environment of a country or a region. Based on extensive first-hand data collected from public places, mass media and the Internet, this monograph attempts critical pragmatic studies of public discourse in the contemporary Chinese context. By applying pragmatic theories and analytical instruments to the analysis of the data, including business names, advertisements, public signs and notices, and news, the book showcases such discursive practices as personalization and subjectivization and reveals such social problems as unhealthy social mentalities, "pragmatic traps", suspect discrimination, and vulgarity. It exemplifies a way of combining the Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) approach and the pragmatic approach with a clear focus on the pragmatic issues. This book will not only be a necessary addition to the academic discipline of pragmatics in general, and critical pragmatics in particular, but also lay bare the problems existing in the use of public discourse and suggest several ways to improve such use. While it addresses the Chinese data only, the proposed analyses may contribute to international readers' understanding of public discourse in contemporary China and serves as a reference for similar researches worldwide"-- Provided by publisher
Notes Translated from the Chinese
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes CHEN Xinren is a professor of English and linguistics in Nanjing University, China, specializing in pragmatic theory and application
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 25, 2019)
Subject Pragmatics.
Discourse analysis -- Social aspects -- China
Conversation analysis -- China
Chinese language -- Discourse analysis
pragmatics.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics.
Chinese language -- Discourse analysis
Conversation analysis
Discourse analysis -- Social aspects
Pragmatics
China
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2019022844
ISBN 9781000699371
1000699374
9781000699852
1000699854
9781000699616
1000699617
9780429346408
0429346409
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