Politeness in Historical and Contemporary Chinese: A Comparative Analysis

by YulingPan (Author), Daniel Z . Kadar (Author)

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  Hardcover
  2011

  $261.43

  Compares traditional and contemporary Chinese polite communication norms and maps the similarities and differences between them. This book intends to study the driving forces behind the large-scale diachronic formation of Chinese politeness norms. It is of interest to researchers and postgraduate students in the field of linguistics.