Zhou-min Yuan
List of John Benjamins publications in which Zhou-min Yuan is involved.
2025 Identity in guanxi space: An indigenous pragmatic study from Chinese culture Pragmatics: Online-First Articles | Article
This article argues that identity among the Chinese is operated and must be interpreted in guanxi space, which is the essence of identity in Chinese culture. This can be further summarized as identity in guanxi space, i.e., identity is regulated and operated in the sphere of the four-dimensional… read more
2023 Where there is panic, the media are close by: A pragmatic study of the alleviation of COVID-19 panic by the Chinese state media Pragmatics and Society 14:4, pp. 611–637 | Article
The widespread panic associated with media exposure is a serious challenge to worldwide governments in the prevention and control of the COVID-19 pandemic. Therefore, alleviating negative social emotions, particularly panic, is an urgent issue for the state media. By using the comments of a… read more
2021 Radio program hosts’ self-identity mobilization in Chinese radio-mediated medical consultations Pragmatics and Society 12:3, pp. 390–409 | Article
While previous studies highlight the dynamic nature of identity co-construction, how and especially why speakers construct and shift their own multiple identities still remains understudied. The present study argues that identity is part of speaker communicative resources as evidenced by radio… read more
2016 Bhatia, Aditi. 2015. Discursive Illusions in Public Discourse-Theory and Practice Occupy Hong Kong: Historicizing Protest, Flowerdew, John and Rodney H. Jones (eds.), pp. 664–665 | Review
2013 Review of Dolón & Todolí (2008): Analysing Identities in Discourse Pragmatics and Society 4:1, pp. 120–126 | Review