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    Pragmatics of Chinese as native and target language

    Kasper, G. (ed.)

    Kasper, G., & University of Hawaii at Manoa. (1995). Pragmatics of Chinese as native and target language. Honolulu, HI: Second Language Teaching & Curriculum Center, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.

    This technical report includes six contributions to the study of the pragmatics of Mandarin Chinese: A report of an interview study conducted with nonnative speakers of Chinese plus five data-based studies on the performance of different speech acts by native speakers of Mandarin: requesting, refusing, complaining, giving bad news, disagreeing, and complimenting.