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OverviewThis book investigates request strategies in Mandarin Chinese and Korean, and is one of the first attempts to address cross-cultural strategies employed in the speech act of requests in two non-Western languages. The data, drawn from role-plays and naturally recorded conversations, complement each other in terms of exhaustiveness and authenticity. This study explores the similarities and differences of the request patterns that emerged in the Chinese and Korean data, and the intricate relation between request strategies and social factors (such as power and distance). The findings raise questions about the influence of methodology on data, and the applicability of so called universals to East Asian languages. They also offer new insights into generally held ideas of directness and requesting behaviours in Chinese and Korean, and the problems of cross-cultural and cross-linguistic communication. This research is suggestive for the disciplines of cross-cultural pragmatics, cross-cultural communication, contrastive linguistics, applied linguistics and discourse analysis. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Yong-Ju Rue (Curtin University of Technology, Australia) , Grace Zhang (Curtin University of Technology, Australia)Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Co Imprint: John Benjamins Publishing Co Volume: 177 Weight: 0.760kg ISBN: 9789027254214ISBN 10: 9027254214 Pages: 320 Publication Date: 11 June 2008 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of Contents1. Preface; 2. Abbreviations, conventions and notations; 3. 1. Introduction; 4. 2. Previous studies; 5. 3. Methodology; 6. 4. Individual situation comparisons; 7. 5. Comparisons of social variables; 8. 6. General discussion; 9. 7. Sequential analysis of turn-taking; 10. 8. Conclusions; 11. Appendix: Request scenarios; 12. References; 13. Glossary of technical terms; 14. Name index; 15. Sunject indexReviewsThe major part of the book consists of a clear, systematic and very well organized description of a natural speech database. The exhaustive comparison, which addresses both linguistic and social aspects of the request situations, may serve as an excellent starting point for those who wish to get acquainted with socio-linguistic difference between East Asian cultures. -- Ann Kronrod, Tel-Aviv University, on Linguist List, Vol. 19-2304 Author InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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