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Publication details [#26629]
Kuo, Sai-Hua. 2002. From solidarity to antagonism. The uses of the second-person singular pronoun in Chinese political discourse. Text 22 (1) : 29–55.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
Language as a subject
Place, Publisher
De Gruyter Mouton
ISBN
0165-4888
Journal WWW
Annotation
This paper investigates how the different uses of the second-person singular pronoun NI in Taiwanese political (election) debates reflect the politicians' attitudes and relations towards other particpants, their specific communicative styles and their perception of the interactive goals of the debate.