Miao-Hsia Chang
List of John Benjamins publications in which Miao-Hsia Chang is involved.
Journals
ISSN 1877-7031 | E‑ISSN 1877‑8798
ISSN 1810-7478 | E‑ISSN 2589‑5230
Title
Interactional Problems and Their Resolutions in Natural Discourse in Languages in Taiwan
Edited by Miao-Hsia Chang
Special issue of Chinese Language and Discourse 17:2 (2026) ca. 160 pp.
2026 Interactional problems and their resolutions in natural discourse: A focus on languages in Taiwan Interactional Problems and Their Resolutions in Natural Discourse in Languages in Taiwan, Chang, Miao-Hsia (ed.), pp. 165–169 | Introduction
2026 Navigating interactional troubles in conversation: The use of lí kóng ‘you say’ in Taiwanese Southern Min Interactional Problems and Their Resolutions in Natural Discourse in Languages in Taiwan, Chang, Miao-Hsia (ed.), pp. 226–256 | Article
This paper explores the deployment of lí kóng ‘you say’ (LK) as a formulaic reported speech (RS) initiator in Taiwanese Southern Min natural conversation for navigating interactional troubles. An interactional trouble here refers to either (1) a problematic point arising from linguistic errors,… read more
2021 A corpus-based study of directives in Taiwanese Southern Min Concentric 47:2, pp. 300–336 | Article
This study aims to examine the subtypes of directives and their realization patterns in Taiwanese Southern Min (TSM). The data were drawn from a play script corpus published in the 20th century. Nine directive subtypes were identified: advice, begging, invitation, order, offer, request,… read more
2017 A corpus-based study of the recurrent lexical bundle ka li kong ‘let (me) tell you’ in Taiwanese Southern Min conversations Chinese Language and Discourse 8:2, pp. 174–211 | Article
This paper investigates the most frequent lexical bundle (LB) ka li kong (to-you-say) (KLK), in an 18.5-hour Taiwanese Southern Min conversation corpus. The analysis focuses on the discourse-pragmatic functions of KLK, the role it plays in the speaker’s management of information in… read more