East Asian Pragmatics: Commonalities and Variations

Xinren Chen (Curatore)

Doreen Dongying Wu (Curatore)

Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2024

Most of the innovative and exciting work done by East Asian pragmaticians on their languages, past and present alike, is written and published in local languages. As a result, research published in and about a particular East Asian language has been largely unavailable to those who do not speak the language. The contributors seek to present a comprehensive survey of existing outputs of pragmatics research on three major East Asian languages (Chinese, Japanese and Korean). The survey concentrates on a number of core pragmatic topics such as speech acts, deixis, discourse markers, conversation analysis, discourse analysis, and face/(im)politeness. To complement and compare with the picture of research work published in the local languages, the volume also includes a survey of internationally published, English-mediated articles and books studying the regional languages or contrasting them with other languages. A rivetting discourse on pragmatics research, it will be a valuable read for students and scholars alike.

• Curatore: Xinren Chen, Doreen Dongying Wu
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Collana: Routledge Research in Pragmatics
• Anno: 2024
• Rilegatura: Paperback / softback
• Pagine: 268 p.
• Dimensioni: 234 x 156 mm
• Peso: 540 gr.
• EAN: 9780367512866

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