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Wu2011
BibType ARTICLE
Key Wu2011
Author(s) Ruey-Jiuan Regina Wu
Title A conversation analysis of self-praising in everyday Mandarin interaction
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Tag(s) EMCA, Conversation analysis, Self-praise, Chinese modesty, Complaint, Extreme case formulation, Two-part turn-constructional format
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Year 2011
Language English
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Journal Journal of Pragmatics
Volume 34
Number 13
Pages 3152–3176
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10.1016/j.pragma.2011.05.016
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Abstract

As part of a larger effort to explore how the Chinese substantiate their concept ofmodesty in interpersonal communication, this article reports the results of a conversation-analytic study of the self-praising behavior of the Chinese in everyday social encounters. Drawing on a corpus of approximately 35 hours of audio- and videotaped face-to-face conversations collected in Beijing and Hebei, China during 2001–2010, I examine three previously undescribed or under-described practices that are observed in my data to be used in the service of self-praising in Mandarin conversation. These practices are what I call ‘the designedly bipartite [self-praise plus modification] turn format,’ ‘disclaiming an extreme case situation,’ and ‘treating thematter ostensibly as complainable.’ In addition to their turn design, I also discuss and provide a possible account for the interactional contingencies that give rise to the use of these practices.

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