Tao Xiong
List of John Benjamins publications for which Tao Xiong plays a role.
Article
2022 Using wǒmen (we) to mean s/he in Chinese parents’ interaction: Interpersonal meanings and relational work Pragmatics and Society 13:1, pp. 126–150 | Article
Using the first-person plural pronoun wǒmen (we) to refer to a child (=he/she) is repeatedly observed in Chinese parents’ interaction. To understand its interpersonal meanings, this study investigates this non-prototypical pronoun use in Chinese parents’ community of practice. The analysis shows… read more