Chinese Discourse & Interactio Theory and Practice

A delight to read and a welcome challenge for any scholar of discourse in Chinese contexts, as well as for researchers in cross-cultural politeness and pragmatics, and students of Chinese communication, more broadly.
LinguistList
With empirical studies employing diverse methods, analytic frameworks and data sources, this edited volume successfully fills a knowledge gap in Chinese discourse studies. This volume is recommended for students and scholars working on Chinese discourse analysis, intercultural pragmatics and intercultural studies.
Language in Society
An illuminating read with a cohesive focus. Surveys an impressive array of approaches and analytic methods in the latest scholarship on Chinese discourse and interaction.
Language and Dialogue
The volume makes a worthwhile theoretical and methodological contribution to Chinese discourse research and offers us insights into how to achieve communication successfully and efficiently in some Chinese contexts.
Discourse Studies

Yuling Pan is Sociolinguist and Principal Researcher at the U.S. Census Bureau. Her numerous publications include Politeness in Chinese Face-to-face Interaction (Ablex, 2000), Professional Communication in International Settings (with Suzanne Scollon and Ron Scollon, Blackwell Publishing, 2002) and Politeness in Historical and Contemporary Chinese (with Daniel Z. Kadar, Continuum, 2011). Daniel Z. Kadar is Professor at the School of Music, Humanities and Media, University of Huddersfield. His recent books include Politeness in Historical and Contemporary Chinese (with Yuling Pan, Continuum), Politeness in East Asia (edited With Sara Mills, Cambridge University Press), Relational Rituals (Palgrave Macmillan), and Understanding Politeness (with Michael Haugh, Cambridge University Press).