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Author Rue, Yong-Ju.

Title Request strategies : a comparative study in Mandarin Chinese and Korean / Yong-Ju Rue, Grace Qiao Zhang
Published Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins, 2008

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Series Pragmatics & beyond, 0922-842X ; new ser., v. 177
Pragmatics & beyond ; new ser., 177
Contents Request Strategies; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Preface; Abbreviations, conventions and notations; Chapter 1. Introduction; Chapter 2. Previous studies; Chapter 3. Methodology; Chapter 4. Individual situation comparisons; Chapter 5. Comparisons of social variables; Chapter 6. General discussion; Chapter 7. Sequential analysis of turn-taking; Chapter 8. Conclusions; Name index; Subject index; The Pragmatics & Beyond New Series
Summary This book investigates request strategies in Mandarin Chinese and Korean, and is one of the first attempts to address cross-cultural strategies employed in the speech act of requests in two non-Western languages. The data, drawn from role-plays and naturally recorded conversations, complement each other in terms of exhaustiveness and authenticity. This study explores the similarities and differences of the request patterns that emerged in the Chinese and Korean data, and the intricate relation between request strategies and social factors (such as power and distance). The findings raise questio
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Chinese language -- Grammar, Comparative -- Korean
Korean language -- Grammar, Comparative -- Chinese
Contrastive linguistics.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- Chinese.
Contrastive linguistics
Chinees.
Koreaans.
Vragen.
Verzoek.
Form Electronic book
Author Zhang, Grace Qiao.
ISBN 9789027254214
9027254214
9789027290519
9027290512
1282105531
9781282105539