Different generations, different face? A discursive approach to naturally occurring compliment responses in Chinesen

Journal of Politeness Research

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 29-51

  He, Yun ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chinese; Compliment response; discursive approach; face; intention; interview; naturally occurring

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860704232     PISSN: 16125681     EISSN: 16134877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/pr-2012-0003     Document Type: Article

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