Politeness in Historical and Contemporary Chinese

by Yuling Pan, Daniel Z. Kadar

Overview

Pan and Kadar's exciting research compares historical and contemporary Chinese (im)polite communication norms and maps the similarities and differences between them. Considering the importance of China on the world stage, understanding Chinese politeness norms is pivotal, to both experts of communication studies and those who have interactions with the Chinese community.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781441106124
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	02/27/2013
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Dániel Z. Kádár is a Research Fellow at the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary.He is winner of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences Young Scholar Award 2010.

Table of Contents

Foreword Sara Mills
Acknowledgements
1 Introduction
2. The Myth of Chinese Politeness: Problems, Framework, Data
3. Politeness in Historical China
4. Politeness in Contemporary China
5. The Transitional Period: What Happened to Honorifics?
6. Deconstructing Chinese Politeness
\ Appendix I: Chronological List of Chinese Dynasties
Appendix II: Simplified Chinese Transcript of the Texts Studied
Appendix III: Newsmaker Labeling in People's Daily and Guangzhou Daily
Appendix IV: Fonts in People's Daily and Guangzhou Daily
Appendix V: Font Size in People's Daily and Guangzhou Daily
Bibliography
Index of Names and Subjects
Index of Chinese Expressions Studied