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Direct linkYu, Ming-chung – Language and Speech, 2005
The present study examines sociolinguistic features of a particular speech act, paying compliments, by comparing and contrasting native Chinese and native American speakers' performances. By focusing on a relatively understudied speaker group such as the Chinese, typically regarded as having rules of speaking and social norms very different from…
Descriptors: Speech Acts, Sociolinguistics, Chinese, Foreign Countries
