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Title |
Title of document |
8. What are Chinese respondents responding to? A close examination of question-answer sequences in survey interviews - Chinese Discourse and Interaction |
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Creator |
Author's name, affiliation, country |
Yuling Pan; US Census Bureau; United States |
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Discipline(s) |
Lingusitics; Chinese language; pragmatics |
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Keyword(s) |
indirectness in Chinese; |
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Subject classification |
P302-302.87; discourse analysis; PL1001-1960; Chinese language |
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Description |
Abstract |
The research reported in this chapter is part of an ongoing endeavour initiated by the author to introduce the theoretical notion and analytical tool of discourse analysis to examine Chinese speakers’ linguistic behaviour in survey interviews (Pan 2008; Pan et al. 2010). This chapter starts with a discussion of the theoretical framework that guides the development of a coding scheme for question-answer sequences in interviews. It argues for the need to systematically define and measure indirectness. The subsequent section (Data and method) describes the interview data and methodology for coding question types and response patterns. This methodology section is followed by the analytical section (Findings and discussion), which is divided into two parts: summary of findings and discussion. The analysis in this section focuses on two question types that elicit the most indirect responses and expounds the functions of indirect responses, followed by a discussion. The chapter concludes with a proposal for further study of this topic. |
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Publisher |
Organizing agency, location |
Equinox Publishing Ltd |
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Date |
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01-Jan-2013 |
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Peer-reviewed Article |
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discourse analysis |
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PDF |
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Uniform Resource Identifier |
https://journals.equinoxpub.com/index.php/books/article/view/20071 |
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Identifier |
Digital Object Identifier |
10.1558/equinox.20071 |
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Journal/conference title; vol., no. (year) |
Equinox eBooks Publishing; Chinese Discourse and Interaction |
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Language |
English=en |
en |
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Rights |
Copyright and permissions |
Copyright 2014 Equinox Publishing Ltd |