Politeness Strategies of Chinese in A Talk Show “If You Are The One”

• Main Authors: Wu, Meimei, Wang, Jianning
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: European Publisher 2019
• Subjects: BJ1725 Ethics of Social Groups, Classes, etc., Professional Ethics
• Online Access: http://eprints.usm.my/48053/1/Politeness%20Strategies%20of%20Chinese%20in%20A%20Talk%20Show%20%E2%80%9CIf%20You%20Are%20The%20One%E2%80%9D.pdf; http://eprints.usm.my/48053/; https://www.europeanproceedings.com/proceedings/EpSBS/volumes/ich2019
• Institution: Universiti Sains Malaysia

Based on discourse of a Chinese talk show, this study aims to test and verify Brown & Levinson’s (hereafter B&L) theory of politeness. Politeness is culture specific, and in this respect, the term of “face” provides more evidence. Adopting descriptive text analysis, this study analysed the t...