In:“Self” in Language, Culture, and Cognition
Yanying Lu
[Cognitive Linguistic Studies in Cultural Contexts 10] 2019
► pp. 11–36
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Chapter 2Self-referential pronouns in Mandarin Chinese
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Published online: 18 November 2019
https://doi.org/10.1075/clscc.10.c2
https://doi.org/10.1075/clscc.10.c2
Abstract
In Chinese interactions, conversational parties presume the
existence of a social protocol that maintains face, or harmony, and acts in
such a way as to protect its integrity. This chapter introduces how the
examination of the participants’ referential pronoun can provide a salient
window into the relational aspects of selfhood that arise in social
interactions in relation to the communication demands in Chinese
culture.
Article outline
- 2.1Pronominal references in Mandarin Chinese
- 2.2A discursive examination
- 2.2.1Assertion
- 2.2.2Mitigation
- 2.2.3Persuasion
- 2.2.4Accommodation
- 2.3Summary
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