Wu2011
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| BibType | ARTICLE |
| Key | Wu2011 |
| Author(s) | Ruey-Jiuan Regina Wu |
| Title | A conversation analysis of self-praising in everyday Mandarin interaction |
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| Tag(s) | EMCA, Conversation analysis, Self-praise, Chinese modesty, Complaint, Extreme case formulation, Two-part turn-constructional format |
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| Year | 2011 |
| Language | English |
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| Journal | Journal of Pragmatics |
| Volume | 34 |
| Number | 13 |
| Pages | 3152–3176 |
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Abstract
As part of a larger effort to explore how the Chinese substantiate their concept ofmodesty in interpersonal communication, this article reports the results of a conversation-analytic study of the self-praising behavior of the Chinese in everyday social encounters. Drawing on a corpus of approximately 35 hours of audio- and videotaped face-to-face conversations collected in Beijing and Hebei, China during 2001–2010, I examine three previously undescribed or under-described practices that are observed in my data to be used in the service of self-praising in Mandarin conversation. These practices are what I call ‘the designedly bipartite [self-praise plus modification] turn format,’ ‘disclaiming an extreme case situation,’ and ‘treating thematter ostensibly as complainable.’ In addition to their turn design, I also discuss and provide a possible account for the interactional contingencies that give rise to the use of these practices.
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