Debt-Repaying Mechanism in Chinese Relationships: An Exploration of the Folk Concepts of Pao and Human Emotional Debt

Research on Language and Social Interaction

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1994, Pages 351-387

  Chang, Hui Ching ^a   Holt, G Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 84937313712     PISSN: 08351813     EISSN: 15327973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327973rlsi2704_3     Document Type: Article

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