Teasing can be approached as a linguistic resource for examining the interpersonal issues of im/politeness and face,or as a discursive strategy for displaying relationships or constructing social identities.However,st...Teasing can be approached as a linguistic resource for examining the interpersonal issues of im/politeness and face,or as a discursive strategy for displaying relationships or constructing social identities.However,studies have underestimated the discursive constraints of teasing in specific contexts.Meanwhile,a majority of teasing studies were based on Western cultures and did not pay sufficient attention to the variety of teasing across cultures.By collecting data from two Chinese entertainment interviews,where the interviewer employs teasing frequently for performing institutional roles,this study examined how teasing functions to assist the interviewer to complete communicative goals,and explored the discursive constraints of teasing in media context.Data analysis exemplified how teasing helped the interviewer to manage an interview event,obtain the guest’s disclosure and seek audience involvement,helping to construct the interviewer’s professionality.Implications for understanding the discursive features of teasing in the Chinese media context were addressed.展开更多
In the 1980s when China began the drive of launching reforms and opening to the outside world, the brand Lux ironed a fairly deep impression in the minds of ordinary Chinese. The graceful body and beautiful hair of th...In the 1980s when China began the drive of launching reforms and opening to the outside world, the brand Lux ironed a fairly deep impression in the minds of ordinary Chinese. The graceful body and beautiful hair of the international film star, the delicately-produced and sense-stimulating advertisement, and the unique foam and flavour of Lux products展开更多
THE 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China （CPC）, which wrapped up in Oc- tober, has not only sparked a domestic craze to study the report delivered by Xi Jinping at the congress, but also triggered ...THE 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China （CPC）, which wrapped up in Oc- tober, has not only sparked a domestic craze to study the report delivered by Xi Jinping at the congress, but also triggered heated global discussion about China＇s future development blueprint in a new era mapped out in the report, On November 16, themed as ＂The 19th CPC National Congress： Implications for China and the World：＇ an international think tank sym- posium was held in Beijing, with participants from 31 countries and regions.展开更多
On the advent of the ＂International Human Rights Day＂ on Dec. 10, 2007, our staff reporter Interviewed Research Fellow Mo Jihong of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences on how the international human rights conven...On the advent of the ＂International Human Rights Day＂ on Dec. 10, 2007, our staff reporter Interviewed Research Fellow Mo Jihong of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences on how the international human rights conventions are implemented in China. Born in May 1965, Mo Jihong is a native of Jingjiang, Jiangsu Province. He is a research fellow at the Law Institute of the Chinese Academy of Social sciences and a tutor for Ph.D candidates in the International Human Rights Law. He also serves as an executive member of the Society for International Constitution Studies and vice-president of the Constitution Chapter of the China Society of Law. He was a visiting scholar at the Human Rights Institute of Norway, and the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law. His principal works include International Human Rights Convention and China （2005）, Principles of Constitutional Sciences in Practice （2007） and In Defense of Legislation （2007）. He was elected as one of the ten most outstanding young jurists in China. The following is the full text of the interview：展开更多
Background Chinese medicine was brought to the UK more than three hundred years ago,but it has only gained acceptance and recognition among the British public in the last several decades.
对话Yoyo Chinese创始人程秧秧Cheng Yangyang believes that we all have our own niche and that for her it’s teaching Chinese.Yangyang got her start as a former TV show host and became one of the most popular online Chin...对话Yoyo Chinese创始人程秧秧Cheng Yangyang believes that we all have our own niche and that for her it’s teaching Chinese.Yangyang got her start as a former TV show host and became one of the most popular online Chinese teachers with tens of millions of video views.Based on the idea,'Chinese Taught in Plain English',she founded Yoyo Chinese,on online education company展开更多
基金supported by the Department of Education of Guangdong Province entitled innovation project “An Interpersonal Pragmatic Study of Humor in Chinese Broadcasting Context” (No.: 2017WQNCX042)Center for Linguistics and Applied Linguistics at Guandong Univerisity of Foreign Studies, China for the project of the frontier research and its theoretical innovation in interpersonal pragmatics (2018WZDXM006)+2 种基金China Scholarship Council (2018)participated in the Hungarian Academy funded MTA Lendulet (LP2017/5) project of Professor Dániel Z.Kádárthe support from the Chinese MOE Research Project of Humanities and Social Science (Project No.: 16JJD740006) conducted by Center for Linguistics and Applied Linguistics, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies.
文摘Teasing can be approached as a linguistic resource for examining the interpersonal issues of im/politeness and face,or as a discursive strategy for displaying relationships or constructing social identities.However,studies have underestimated the discursive constraints of teasing in specific contexts.Meanwhile,a majority of teasing studies were based on Western cultures and did not pay sufficient attention to the variety of teasing across cultures.By collecting data from two Chinese entertainment interviews,where the interviewer employs teasing frequently for performing institutional roles,this study examined how teasing functions to assist the interviewer to complete communicative goals,and explored the discursive constraints of teasing in media context.Data analysis exemplified how teasing helped the interviewer to manage an interview event,obtain the guest’s disclosure and seek audience involvement,helping to construct the interviewer’s professionality.Implications for understanding the discursive features of teasing in the Chinese media context were addressed.
文摘In the 1980s when China began the drive of launching reforms and opening to the outside world, the brand Lux ironed a fairly deep impression in the minds of ordinary Chinese. The graceful body and beautiful hair of the international film star, the delicately-produced and sense-stimulating advertisement, and the unique foam and flavour of Lux products
文摘THE 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China （CPC）, which wrapped up in Oc- tober, has not only sparked a domestic craze to study the report delivered by Xi Jinping at the congress, but also triggered heated global discussion about China＇s future development blueprint in a new era mapped out in the report, On November 16, themed as ＂The 19th CPC National Congress： Implications for China and the World：＇ an international think tank sym- posium was held in Beijing, with participants from 31 countries and regions.
文摘On the advent of the ＂International Human Rights Day＂ on Dec. 10, 2007, our staff reporter Interviewed Research Fellow Mo Jihong of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences on how the international human rights conventions are implemented in China. Born in May 1965, Mo Jihong is a native of Jingjiang, Jiangsu Province. He is a research fellow at the Law Institute of the Chinese Academy of Social sciences and a tutor for Ph.D candidates in the International Human Rights Law. He also serves as an executive member of the Society for International Constitution Studies and vice-president of the Constitution Chapter of the China Society of Law. He was a visiting scholar at the Human Rights Institute of Norway, and the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law. His principal works include International Human Rights Convention and China （2005）, Principles of Constitutional Sciences in Practice （2007） and In Defense of Legislation （2007）. He was elected as one of the ten most outstanding young jurists in China. The following is the full text of the interview：
基金supported by a 6-month grant given to the author by the China Scholarship CouncilZhejiang Planning Project of Philosophy and Social Science in year 2015 (Project code: 15NDJC24YB)
文摘Background Chinese medicine was brought to the UK more than three hundred years ago,but it has only gained acceptance and recognition among the British public in the last several decades.
文摘对话Yoyo Chinese创始人程秧秧Cheng Yangyang believes that we all have our own niche and that for her it’s teaching Chinese.Yangyang got her start as a former TV show host and became one of the most popular online Chinese teachers with tens of millions of video views.Based on the idea,'Chinese Taught in Plain English',she founded Yoyo Chinese,on online education company
