East Asian Pragmatics: Commonalities and Variations

Xinren Chen (Editor), Doreen Dongying Wu (Editor)

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Abstract

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.

Original languageEnglish
PublisherTaylor and Francis Ltd.
Number of pages267
ISBN (Electronic)9781000631173
ISBN (Print)9780367512859
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 26 Aug 2022

Publication series

NameRoutledge Research in Pragmatics
PublisherRoutledge

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Arts and Humanities
  • General Social Sciences

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