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Record Nr.

UNINA9910814988803321

Autore

Pan Yuling

Titolo

Politeness in historical and contemporary Chinese : a comparative analysis / / Yuling Pan and Daniel Z. Kadar

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Continuum, 2011

ISBN

1-283-06672-6

9786613066725

1-4411-8091-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (213 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

KadarDaniel Z. <1979->

Disciplina

306.44/0951

495.15

Soggetti

Courtesy - China

Etiquette - China

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Foreword: Sara Mills, Research Professor, Sheffield Hallam University; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: The Myth of Chinese Politeness: Problems, Framework and Data; Chapter 3: Politeness in Historical China; Chapter 4: Politeness in Contemporary China; Chapter 5: The Transitional Period: What Happened to Honorifics?; Chapter 6: Deconstructing Chinese Politeness; Appendix I: Chronological List of Chinese Dynasties; Appendix II: Simplified Chinese Transcript of the Texts Studied; Appendix III: Newsmaker Labelling in People's Daily and Guangzhou Daily

Appendix IV: Fonts in People's Daily and Guangzhou DailyAppendix V: Font Size in People's Daily and Guangzhou Daily; Bibliography; Index of Names and Subjects; Index of Chinese Expressions Studied

Sommario/riassunto

Pan and Kadar's exciting research compares historical and contemporary Chinese (im)polite communication norms and maps the similarities and differences between them.  Considering the importance of China on the world stage, understanding Chinese politeness norms is pivotal, to both experts of communication studies and those who have interactions with the Chinese community.