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Book SynopsisChinese is a discourse-oriented language and the underlying mechanisms of the language involve encoding and decoding so the language can be correctly delivered and understood. To date, there has been a lack of consolidation at the discourse level such that a reference framework for understanding the language in a top-down fashion is still underdeveloped.
The Routledge Handbook of Chinese Discourse Analysis is the first to showcase the latest research in the field of Chinese discourse analysis to consolidate existing findings, put the language in both theoretical and socio-functional perspectives, offer guidance and insights for further research and inspire innovative ideas for exploring the Chinese language in the discourse domain. The book is aimed at both students and scholars researching in the areas of Chinese linguistics and discourse analysis.
Trade Review'... the handbook showcases the latest quality studies of contemporary Chinese discourse, providing a comprehensive and systematic discussion of research approaches (mainly qualitative methodologies), language features of and the social functions constructed in various genres and through various channels in the Chinese contexts, as well as their conventions and norms of practice. Making an important contribution to the field of Chinese discourse studies, the handbook will certainly play a strong role to inspire more research studies in this area. As such, it is of interest to both students and scholars who work in the area of discourse and communication studies of Chinese language, society and culture.' - Yuan ke Li, School of Foreign Studies, South China Normal University, P.R. China, Discourse Studies, 2019, Vol. 21(6) 734–736
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List of contributors
Introduction: Discourse Analysis in the Chinese Context
Chris Shei
Part I. Approaches to Chinese discourse
1 Chinese conversation analysis
Kang-Kwong Luke
2 Critical analysis of Chinese discourse
Weixiao Wei
3 Sociolinguistic approaches to Chinese discourse
Wei Wang
4 Analyzing Multimodal Chinese Discourse: Integrating Social Semiotic and Conceptual Metaphor Theories
William Dezheng Feng
Part II. Grammatical aspect of Chinese discourse
5 Conceptual word order principles and Mandarin Chinese grammar
Anna Morbiato
6 Grammatical constructions and Chinese discourse
Zhuo Jing-Schmidt
7 Between factuality and counterfactuality: Chinese conditionals in conversations
Yu-Fang Wang and Wayne Schams
8 Information structure in Chinese discourse
Yu-Yin Hsu
Part III. Linguistic elements in Chinese discourse
9 Personal pronouns in Chinese discourse
Xuehua Xiang
10 Aspect in Chinese narrative
Wendan Li
11 The use of modal verbs in political debates
Maria Cheng
12 Zero anaphora and topic chain in Chinese discourse
Ming-Ming Pu
Part IV. Pragmatic aspect of Chinese discourse
13 Politeness and impoliteness in Chinese discourse
Dániel Z. Kádár
14 Pragmatic markers in Chinse discourse
Guangwu Feng
15 The Grammaticalization of Stance Markers in Chinese
Foong Ha Yap and Winnie Chor
16 Language, Gesture, and Meaning
Kawai Chui
Part V. Cognitive aspect of Chinese discourse
17 The Psycholinguistics of Chinese Discourse Processing
Chien-Jer Charles Lin
18 The neurocognitive processing of Chinese discourse
Chiao-Yi Wu and Shen-Hsing Annabel Chen
19 Language impairment in Chinese discourse
Yi-hsiu Lai and Yu-te Lin
20 Discourse, Gender and Psychologization in Contemporary China
Jie Yang
Part VI. Genres of Chinese discourse
21 Chinese Business Communication
Jiayi Wang
22 Chinese workplace discourse: politeness strategies and power dynamics
Vincent X. Wang
23 Legal discourse studies in the Chinese context
Zhengrui Han and Yunfeng Ge
24 Authoritative classroom discourse: The abuse of power in a Chinese classroom
Wang Bo and Ma Yuanyi
Part VII. Chinese discourse on social media
25 The Discourse of Chinese Social Media: The Case of Weibo
Eileen Le Han
26 Chinese Censorship of Online Discourse
Juha A. Vuori and Lauri Paltemaa
27 Don’t talk back to your father – Online anti-Taiwanese independence nationalist discourse
Ane Bislev
28 Rescuing Authoritarian Rule: The Anti-Gongzhi Discourse in Chinese Cyberspace
Rongbin Han and Linan Jia
Part VIII. Identity, Ideology and control in Chinese discourse
29 Discursive Construction of National and Political Identities in China
Qing Cao
30 Ideological patterns in Chinese state media narratives concerning issues of security and sovereignty
Lutgard Lams
31 The Cultural Governance of China’s Mass Media Events
Florian Schneider
32 Identity construction in Chinese discourse
Cheng-Tuan Li
Part IX. Chinese discourse and language technology
33 Development of Computation Models for Chinese Discourse Analysis
Hen-Hsen Huang and Hsin-Hsi Chen
34 Chinese spoken dialogue system
Chung-Hsien Wu and Ming-Hsiang Su
35 Corpus Stylistics and Chinese Literary Discourses: A Comparative Study of Four Novels by Shen Congwen and Chang Eileen
Zhao-Ming Gao
36 Tracking Collective Sentiment in Chinese Finance-related Discourse
Samuel W.K. Chan
Part X. The diversity of Chinese discourse
37 Code-switching in Singapore Mandarin
Cher Leng Lee
38 Studies in Cantonese discourse: Two examples
John C. Wakefield
39 An Introduction to Taiwan Hakka: Focusing on its Sounds, Morph-Syntax and Social Background
Huei-ling Lai
40 The Dynamics of Southern Min in Taiwan: From Southern Min dialects to Taigi"
Hui-lu Khoo (Hui-ju Hsu)
Part XI. The application of Chinese discourse analysis
41 Discourse analysis in Chinese interpreting and translation studies
Binhua Wang
42 Discourse analysis for Chinese language teaching
Julia Renner
43 Critical Cultural Discourse Analysis: A Case Study of Chinese Official Discourse on Civil Society
Runya Qiaoan
44 A discourse analysis of Macau chefs’ accounts of job crafting
Ting Wu
