Minfen Lin

List of John Benjamins publications for which Minfen Lin plays a role.

Article

Lin, Minfen and Doreen D. Wu 2022 Rapport building by Chinese celebrities on Weibo and FacebookMedia Language and Discourse in Cultural China, Wu, Doreen D., Ming Liu and David C.S. Li (eds.), pp. 7–27 | Article
The paper examines how Chinese celebrities build rapport with their followers on social media, with a comparison between the Chinese mainland (on Weibo) and Hong Kong (on Facebook) celebrities. Rapport building is conceptualized as language use in promoting social bonding and emotional… read more