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Haugh, Michael, Dániel Z. Kádár and Wei-Lin Melody Chang. 2015. “Doing deference”. Identities and relational practices in Chinese online discussion boards. Pragmatics 25 (1) : 73–98.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

deference | identity negotiation | internet | pragmatics | social relationship

Language as a subject

Chinese | Taiwanese

Place, Publisher

IPRA

Journal DOI

10.1075/prag

Annotation

This article argues that the key relational practice of ‘doing deference’ in Mainland Chinese and Taiwanese online discussion boards intersects with the emergence of identities, but stays a distinct analytical matter.