With the “discursive turn” has come a distrust – a complete rejection by some – of theories that seek deeper reasons for surface phenomena. Rong Chen ar

With the “discursive turn” has come a distrust – a complete rejection by some – of theories that seek deeper reasons for surface phenomena. Rong Chen ar

The papers in this volume reflect current trends in international research in pragmatics over recent years. The unique feature of the book is that the authors c

This book provides comprehensive investigation of the effect of motivation on L2 learners’ pragmatic learning, which has been discussed for a long time but re

Through a thorough treatment of Chinese politeness, this book argues that universalism is of paramount importance in politeness theorizing.