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Conference Paper: A contrastive analysis of Chinese and English refusals
| Title | A contrastive analysis of Chinese and English refusals |
|---|---|
| Authors | |
| Issue Date | 2012 |
| Publisher | Nanyang Technological University. |
| Citation | The 2nd International Symposium on. Chinese Language and Discourse (CLASS 2012), Singapore, 9-11 June 2012. How to Cite? |
| Abstract | This paper aims to analyze the verbal refusals made in Chinese and English, delineating the strategies and semantic formulas (sequence, frequency and content) employed in the two languages. Data were collected via a Discourse Completion Test that documents four initiating acts of refusing--requesting, inviting, offering and suggesting. Participants are 30 Chinese nat... |
| Description | 2012 Symposium Theme: New approaches to the study of Chinese grammar. Abstracts of the Symposium located at http://portal.cohass.ntu.edu.sg/ChineseLanguageAndDiscourse/abstract.asp |
| Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/160938 |
| DC Field | Value | Language |
|---|---|---|
| dc.contributor.author | Wang, W | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2012-08-16T06:26:00Z | - |
| dc.date.available | 2012-08-16T06:26:00Z | - |
| dc.date.issued | 2012 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | The 2nd International Symposium on. Chinese Language and Discourse (CLASS 2012), Singapore, 9-11 June 2012. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/160938 | - |
| dc.description | 2012 Symposium Theme: New approaches to the study of Chinese grammar. Abstracts of the Symposium located at http://portal.cohass.ntu.edu.sg/ChineseLanguageAndDiscourse/abstract.asp | - |
| dc.description.abstract | This paper aims to analyze the verbal refusals made in Chinese and English, delineating the strategies and semantic formulas (sequence, frequency and content) employed in the two languages. Data were collected via a Discourse Completion Test that documents four initiating acts of refusing--requesting, inviting, offering and suggesting. Participants are 30 Chinese nat... | - |
| dc.language | eng | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Nanyang Technological University. | - |
| dc.relation.ispartof | The 2nd International Symposium on Chinese Language and Discourse | en_US |
| dc.relation.ispartof | 第二届汉语语言与话语国际研讨会 | - |
| dc.relation.ispartof | 第二屆漢語語言與話語國際研討會 | - |
| dc.title | A contrastive analysis of Chinese and English refusals | en_US |
| dc.type | Conference_Paper | en_US |
| dc.identifier.email | Wang, W: wwfeng@hku.hk | en_US |
| dc.description.nature | postprint | - |
| dc.identifier.hkuros | 205516 | en_US |
| dc.publisher.place | Singapore | - |
| dc.customcontrol.immutable | sml 130320 | - |