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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.

Publication Info. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins, 2008.

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Description 1 online resource.
Koreans language
Chinese language
text file
Series Pragmatics & beyond, 0922-842X ; new ser., v. 177
Pragmatics & beyond ; new ser., 177.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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Subject Chinese language -- Grammar, Comparative -- Korean.
Chinese language -- Grammar, Comparative.
Chinese language.
Korean language -- Grammar, Comparative -- Chinese.
Korean language -- Grammar, Comparative.
Korean language.
Contrastive linguistics.
Contrastive linguistics.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Zhang, Grace Qiao.
Other Form: Print version: Rue, Yong-Ju. Request strategies. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins, 2008 (DLC) 2008010966
ISBN 9789027254214 (Cloth)
9027254214 (Cloth)
9789027290519 (electronic book)
9027290512 (electronic book)
1282105531
9781282105539