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Explicit positive assessment as a compliment in one-on-one language teaching 在一对一的语言教学中，明确的积极评价是一种赞美

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Journal of Pragmatics Pub Date : 2025-04-05 DOI: 10.1016/j.pragma.2025.03.011

Yoshiyuki Hara

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Social meaning as Hearer's Meaning: Integrating social meaning into a general theory of meaning in communication 作为听者意义的社会意义：将社会意义纳入交际意义的一般理论

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Journal of Pragmatics Pub Date : 2025-04-02 DOI: 10.1016/j.pragma.2025.03.010

Maj-Britt Mosegaard Hansen

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(Inter)subjectivity and information structure: The pragmatics of left and right peripheries in spoken Mandarin 主体性与信息结构：普通话口语左右边缘语用学

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Journal of Pragmatics Pub Date : 2025-03-29 DOI: 10.1016/j.pragma.2025.03.003

Carmen Lepadat

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Automatic behaviour analysis reveals links between facial expression and speech acts’ illocutionary point, strength, and valence 自动行为分析揭示了面部表情与言语行为的言外点、强度和效价之间的联系

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Journal of Pragmatics Pub Date : 2025-03-27 DOI: 10.1016/j.pragma.2025.03.006

Marc Mehu, Savannah Sweeting

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Problematising expressives: The case of magical affirmations in the pick-up artist paradigm 问题化表达：在搭讪艺术家范例中神奇的肯定案例

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Journal of Pragmatics Pub Date : 2025-03-27 DOI: 10.1016/j.pragma.2025.03.005

Daria Dayter , Sofia Rüdiger

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“Please tell me” – The sequential organisation of audience participation in language learning livestreams “请告诉我”-语言学习直播中观众参与的顺序组织

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Journal of Pragmatics Pub Date : 2025-03-26 DOI: 10.1016/j.pragma.2025.02.013

Rickert Marie, Stommel Wyke

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Disagreement in Chinese blue-collar workplace small talk: The role of assessments relating to regional knowledge 中国蓝领职场闲聊中的分歧：与区域知识相关的评估的作用

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Journal of Pragmatics Pub Date : 2025-03-26 DOI: 10.1016/j.pragma.2025.03.008

Buqing Yu, Dorien Van De Mieroop

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Reasons for trust. The (counter-) argumentative dynamics of image-repair strategies 信任的理由。图像修复策略的（反）争论动力学

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Journal of Pragmatics Pub Date : 2025-03-25 DOI: 10.1016/j.pragma.2025.02.014

Rudi Palmieri

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Journal of Pragmatics Pub Date : 2025-03-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.pragma.2025.03.002

Kerry Mullan

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One's own genitive constructions: Focusing on two genitive variants 自己的属格结构：着重于两个属格变体

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Journal of Pragmatics Pub Date : 2025-03-21 DOI: 10.1016/j.pragma.2025.02.015

Mija Kim

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