Managing miànzi in Mandarin Chinese talk-in-interaction: A nonverbal perspective

Semiotica

Volumn 2010, Issue 181, 2010, Pages 179-223

  Yang, Ping ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chinese mi nzi; Chinese style of communication; Face; Nonverbal communication; Politeness; Talk in interaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956031490     PISSN: 00371998     EISSN: 16133692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/semi.2010.041     Document Type: Article

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