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Publication details [#14120]

Chang, Hui-Ching. 1999. The 'well-defined' is 'ambiguous' - Indeterminacy in Chinese conversation. Journal of Pragmatics 31 (4) : 535–556.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
ambiguity | conversation | hierarchy | indeterminacy | indirect speech | negotiation
Language as a subject
Chinese
Place, Publisher
Elsevier
ISBN
0378-2166
Journal WWW
www.sciencedirect.com/web-editions

Annotation

An outline of the 'indeterminate' linguistic space in Chinese discourse, which allows for relational negotiation and redefinition via ambiguous, verbal strategies. Three Taiwanese discourse samples illustrate the phenomenon at hand.