Preface……………………………………………………………………….................................................vii
'It'd Good to be a Bit
Chinese': Foreign Students' Experience of Chinese Pragmatics
<Gabriele Kasper and Yanyin
Zhang>.........................................................................................................................1
Strategies in Chinese Requesting<Yanyin
Zhang>...........................................................................................23
Indirectness in Chinese Requesting<Yanyin
Zhang>.......................................................................................69
Refusing in Chinese<Xing
Chen, Lei Ye, and Yanyin
Zhang>..........................................................................119
Performance of Face-Threatening Acts in Chinese: Complaining, Giving
Bad News, and Disagreeing<Jinwen Steinberg Du>..................................................................................................................................165
Complimenting in Mandarin Chinese<Lei Ye>..........................................................................................207
References..................................................................................................................................................297
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