Historical Chinese politeness and rhetoric. A case study of epistolary refusals

Dániel Z. Kádár

doi:10.1515/pr-2012-0006

Historical Chinese politeness and rhetoric. A case study of epistolary refusals

Dániel Z. Kádár

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This paper explores the relationship between politeness behaviour and rhetoric by examining the case of the historical Chinese pragmatic act of refusal in epistolary discourse. The analysis presented is based on the hypothesis that it is possible to identify culture-specific choices of rhetorical patterns in certain pragmatic and relational acts. Such patterns, in particular in written genres, originate in culturally-situated rhetorical traditions.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	93-110
Number of pages	18
Journal	Journal of Politeness Research
Volume	8
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1515/pr-2012-0006
Publication status	Published - Jan 2012
Externally published	Yes

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