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Publication details [#56656]

Hinze, Carl. 2012. Chinese politeness is not about ‘face’: Evidence from the business world. Journal of Politeness Research 8 (1) : 11–27.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

business language | face maintenance | intercultural communication | language and culture | politeness

Language as a subject

Chinese | English

Place, Publisher

De Gruyter

Journal WWW

www.degruyter.com/journal/key/JPLR/html

Annotation

This study discusses how the Chinese terms mianzi and lian (and by reference 'face'), as exemplified in Chinese business interactions, are even likely to cause impoliteness as politeness acts, and states that Chinese 'face' and politeness need to be disassociated.