Why the “inscrutable” Chinese face? Emotionality and facial expression in Chinese

Ethnopragmatics: Understanding Discourse in Cultural Context

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 127-170

  Ye, Zhengdao ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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DOI: 10.1515/9783110911114.127     Document Type: Chapter

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