| Title: | Offering gifts in Chinese : an interaction ritual approach |
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| Authors: | ID Kádár, Dániel Z. (Author)
ID House, Juliane (Author)
ID Liu, Fengguang (Author)
ID Han, Dan (Author) |
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| Files: |  RAZ_Kadar_Daniel_Z._2025.pdf (3,47 MB)
MD5: F335ADDDC6DCBB36FD58BB829AA6E71D
 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pragma.2024.12.007
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| Language: | English |
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| Work type: | Scientific work |
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| Typology: | 1.01 - Original Scientific Article |
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| Organization: | FF - Faculty of Arts
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| Abstract: | In this study, we investigate ritual features and strategies of offering gifts in Chinese with the aid of a corpus of naturally-occurring WeChat exchanges. As numerous studies have shown, offering gifts is a fundamental part of daily interaction in Chinese. We investigate offering gifts from a new angle, by adopting an interaction ritual approach which combines ritual, interaction and speech acts. Our analysis has revealed three recurrent features of gift offering behaviour in Chinese: interactionally varying multi-sequentiality, frequency of formulaic expressions, and prevalence of ritual ostensible aggression. We also identified conventional strategies of offering gifts: presenting the gift as a fait accompli, ignoring the refusal, and persuading the recipient. Our study contributes to inquiries into offering gifts behaviour and insistent ritual language use in Chinese. |
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| Keywords: | pragmalinguistics, offering gifts, speech acts, Chinese, interactional ritual, convencional features, strategies |
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| Publication status: | Published |
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| Publication version: | Version of Record |
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| Article acceptance date: | 20.12.2024 |
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| Publication date: | 15.01.2025 |
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| Publisher: | Elsevier |
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| Year of publishing: | 2025 |
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| Number of pages: | str. 60-77 |
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| Numbering: | Letn. 236 |
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| PID: | 20.500.12556/DKUM-94774  |
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| UDC: | 81'27 |
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| ISSN on article: | 0378-2166 |
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| COBISS.SI-ID: | 223065859 |
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| DOI: | 10.1016/j.pragma.2024.12.007 |
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| Publication date in DKUM: | 27.01.2026 |
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| Views: | 152 |
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| Downloads: | 1 |
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| Categories: | Misc.
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