Publications
Publication details [#12116]
Lee-Wong, Song Mei. 1998. Face support - Chinese particles as mitigators: a study of ba a/ya and ne. Pragmatics 8 (3) : 387–404. ![DOI logo](https://benjamins.com/logos/doi-logo.svg)
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
Language as a subject
Place, Publisher
International Pragmatics Association
ISBN
1018-2101
Journal DOI
10.1075/prag
Annotation
It is found that the particles in question function as politeness strategies in direct request speech acts in Chinese.