Publications

Publication details [#55450]

Wang, Yu-Fang, David Goodman, Shih-Yao Shen and Yi-Hsuan Hsiao. 2011. Making claims and counterclaims through factuality: The uses of Mandarin Chinese qishi (‘actually’) and shishishang (‘in fact’) in institutional settings. Discourse Studies 13 (2) : 235–262.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

agreeing | claiming | context | conversational analysis | institutional context

Language as a subject

Chinese, Mandarin

Place, Publisher

SAGE Publications

Journal WWW

www.sagepub.co.uk/ejournals/

Annotation

Drawing on Conversation Analysis, Politeness and Relevance Theory, this study explores the distribution of Mandarin Chinese qishi (‘actually’) and shishishang (‘in fact’) in two diverse discourse modes in formal speech contexts: formal lectures and TV panel news discussions.