Harmony as performance: The turbulence under chinese interpersonal communication

Discourse Studies

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 155-179

  Chang, Hui Ching ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Chinese discourse; cultural performance; indirectness; social harmony

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993790633     PISSN: 14614456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1461445601003002001     Document Type: Article

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