A conversation analysis of self-praising in everyday Mandarin interaction

Journal of Pragmatics

Volumn 43, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 3152-3176

  Wu, Ruey Jiuan Regina ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chinese modesty; Complaint; Conversation analysis; Extreme case formulation; Self praise; Two part turn constructional format

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052407469     PISSN: 03782166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pragma.2011.05.016     Document Type: Article

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