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Publication details [#26680]
Lee-Wong, Song Mei. 1994. Imperatives in requests: Direct or impolite observations from Chinese. Pragmatics 4 (4) : 491–515. 
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
This paper demonstrates a Chinese preference for direct request forms and the direct bald on record strategy of impositives, which enables them to express both upfront sincerity and to use imperatives without an imperious undertone.