(Im)politeness in casual conversations among female Mandarin speakers: A practice-based perspective
Year: 2009
Type: article
Abstract: My sincerest gratitude goes to my advisor, Dr. Mark A. Ouellette, for navigating me through the most difficult period of my dissertation writing. His insightful suggestions and valuable questions helped me realize my potential in constantly challenging myself. I would also like to give thanks to the other two committee members, Dr. Jerold Edmondson for his immense knowledge in Chinese language and culture and his warm encouragement throughout the process; and also thanks to Dr. Winnie, W. F. Orr for bringing me into the field of politeness and discourse analysis. Thanks are also due to the linguistics and TESOL department, Dean of the graduate school, and Dean of Liberal Arts for their generous financial support of my doctoral studies. They also provided travel grants that enabled me to attend conferences overseas which have broadened my horizons, not only in my own research area, but the whole domain of human communication. I also want to thank administrative assistant Sharleston Howells for her help and timely comfort. I am grateful to my participants for their kindness to have me observe and study their interaction as well as the insightful opinions they shared with me during interviews.
Author: Hui-Yen Wang
Language: English
Subfield: Language and Linguistics
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1511741395