13. On the positive formation of Chinese group identity
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| 1. | Title | Title of document | 13. On the positive formation of Chinese group identity - Chinese Discourse and Interaction |
| 2. | Creator | Author's name, affiliation, country | Daniel Z. Kádár; University of Huddersfield; United Kingdom |
| 3. | Subject | Discipline(s) | Lingusitics; Chinese language; pragmatics |
| 4. | Subject | Keyword(s) | communities of practice;epistololary discourse; group identity; Chinese discourse; |
| 5. | Subject | Subject classification | P302-302.87; discourse analysis; PL1001-1960; Chinese language |
| 6. | Description | Abstract | The aim of this study is to explore the discursive ways in which group identity was formed in a historical Chinese Community of Practice (Wenger 1998).From a theoretical perspective, this is a pilot study in the sense that it connects current socio-pragmatic theories with the research of Chinese data, instead of treating identity formation in a traditional, sinological way. Along with this theoretical stance, the present chapter contributes also to historical pragmatics due to the fact that in diachronic studies the formation of discursive identity is somewhat neglected. The second part of the analysis in this chapter approaches identity formation discourse from the perspective of politeness research: it devotes special attention to politeness as a “discursive resource” (Thornborrow 2002) in group-identity formation activities. It is argued that along with fulfilling its primary discursive function, politeness can also serve the secondary goal of reinforcing (in-)group relationships |
| 7. | Publisher | Organizing agency, location | Equinox Publishing Ltd |
| 8. | Contributor | Sponsor(s) | |
| 9. | Date | (YYYY-MM-DD) | 01-Jan-2013 |
| 10. | Type | Status & genre | Peer-reviewed Article |
| 11. | Type | Type | discourse analysis; historical corpus |
| 12. | Format | File format | |
| 13. | Identifier | Uniform Resource Identifier | https://journals.equinoxpub.com/index.php/books/article/view/20076 |
| 14. | Identifier | Digital Object Identifier | 10.1558/equinox.20076 |
| 15. | Source | Journal/conference title; vol., no. (year) | Equinox eBooks Publishing; Chinese Discourse and Interaction |
| 16. | Language | English=en | en |
| 18. | Coverage | Geo-spatial location, chronological period, research sample (gender, age, etc.) |
China, 18th and 19th century |
| 19. | Rights | Copyright and permissions | Copyright 2014 Equinox Publishing Ltd |