Ruey-Jiuan Regina Wu

List of John Benjamins publications in which Ruey-Jiuan Regina Wu is involved.

Journal

Pragmatics

Quarterly Publication of the International Pragmatics Association (IPrA)

Edited by Helmut Gruber

ISSN 1018-2101 | E‑ISSN 2406‑4238

Titles

Conversation Analysis in Chinese

Edited by Sandra A. Thompson and Ruey-Jiuan Regina Wu

Special issue of Chinese Language and Discourse 7:2 (2016) v, 166 pp.

Stance in Talk: A conversation analysis of Mandarin final particles

Ruey-Jiuan Regina Wu

Guided by the methodology of conversation analysis (CA), this book explores how participants in Mandarin conversation display stance in the unfolding development of action and interaction, and, in particular, how this is accomplished through the use of two Mandarin final particles. Through a close… read more

[Pragmatics & Beyond New Series, 117] 2004. xvi, 260 pp.

Wu, Ruey-Jiuan Regina 2018 Chapter 10. Turn design and progression: The use of aiyou in Mandarin conversation Between Turn and Sequence: Turn-initial particles across languages, Heritage, John and Marja-Leena Sorjonen (eds.), pp. 287–314 | Chapter

The temporal character of talk is one fundamental feature of language in situ. As interaction unfolds, participants need to not only monitor the temporal progression of talk toward completion, but also attend to how the current turn ties back to the preceding turns. Whereas such dual-directional… read more

Wu, Ruey-Jiuan Regina and John Heritage 2017 Particles and epistemics: Convergences and divergences between English and Mandarin Enabling Human Conduct: Studies of talk-in-interaction in honor of Emanuel A. Schegloff, Raymond, Geoffrey, Gene H. Lerner and John Heritage (eds.), pp. 273–297 | Chapter

This chapter examines three particles that have epistemic functions in English and Mandarin: turn-initial‘oh’in English, turn-initial‘ou’in Mandarin, and turn-final‘a’in Mandarin. It is argued that whileouandohconverge in registering a ‘change of state’ of information, orientation or awareness,… read more

Thompson, Sandra A. and Ruey-Jiuan Regina Wu 2016 Introduction Conversation Analysis in Chinese, Thompson, Sandra A. and Ruey-Jiuan Regina Wu (eds.), pp. 175–178 | Article

Wu, Ruey-Jiuan Regina 2016 Turn design and progression: Aiyou in Mandarin conversation Conversation Analysis in Chinese, Thompson, Sandra A. and Ruey-Jiuan Regina Wu (eds.), pp. 210–236 | Article

The temporal character of talk is one fundamental feature of language in situ. As interaction unfolds, participants need to not only monitor the temporal progression of talk toward a completion, but also attend to how the current turn ties back to the preceding turns. Whereas such… read more

Wu, Ruey-Jiuan Regina 2016 Doing conversation analysis in Mandarin Chinese: Basic methods Conversation Analysis in Chinese, Thompson, Sandra A. and Ruey-Jiuan Regina Wu (eds.), pp. 179–209 | Article

This article aims to introduce Conversation Analytic (CA) methods to the community of Chinese scholars, and especially to linguists who work with Mandarin Chinese and are just beginning to adopt CA methods in their work. I believe doing CA requires not only an understanding of its terminology but… read more

Wu, Ruey-Jiuan Regina 2002 Discourse-pragmatic principles for temporal reference in Mandarin Chinese conversation Studies in Language 26:3, pp. 513–541 | Article

This study investigates the Mandarin temporal system in ordinary conversations. It is found that during the dynamic time course of interaction, Mandarin speakers tend to rely more heavily on certain underlying principles, rather than on overt markers, to convey temporal location: In a narrative… read more