On the universality of face: evidence from chinese compliment response behavior

The aim of this study is to examine cross-cultural politeness behavior. Politeness appears to be a prevalent concept in human interaction, and to date, many models of politeness have been put forward in the literature. The focal point of this paper is Brown and Levinson's (1978, 1987) formulati...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of pragmatics 2003-10, Vol.35 (10), p.1679-1710
1. Verfasser:	Yu, Ming-chung
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Chinese Compliment responses Cross-cultural studies Crosscultural Analysis Cultural Universals Discursive Practices English Language Face Interpersonal Communication Lian Mianzi Oriental Languages Politeness Speech
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