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Pragmatic development, the L2 motivational self-system, and other affective factors in a study-abroad context 留学语境中的语用发展、二语动机自我系统和其他情感因素

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East Asian Pragmatics Pub Date : 2019-04-30 DOI: 10.1558/EAP.38218

Akiko Inagaki

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Longitudinal benefits of pre-departure pragmatics instruction for study abroad 出国前语用学教学的纵向效益

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East Asian Pragmatics Pub Date : 2019-04-30 DOI: 10.1558/EAP.38216

Jiayi Wang, Nicola Halenko

引用次数: 4

‘I will not put this request at the very beginning’ “我不会一开始就提出这个要求。”

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East Asian Pragmatics Pub Date : 2019-04-30 DOI: 10.1558/EAP.38210

Qun Zheng, Ying Xu

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引用次数: 6

The Acceptability of American Politeness from a Native-and-Non-Native Comparative Perspective 从本土与非本土的比较看美国礼貌的可接受性

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East Asian Pragmatics Pub Date : 2018-09-08 DOI: 10.1558/eap.34968

Sun Yi

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A cross-cultural analysis of celebrity practice in microblogging 微博名人行为的跨文化分析

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East Asian Pragmatics Pub Date : 2018-08-31 DOI: 10.1558/EAP.33060

Min Zhang, Doreen D. Wu

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引用次数: 14

Frames and interaction on the air 画面和互动在空中

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East Asian Pragmatics Pub Date : 2018-08-31 DOI: 10.1558/EAP.35359

Hao Sun

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acceptability of American politeness from a native and non-native comparative perspective 从本土与非本土的比较看美国人礼貌的可接受性

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East Asian Pragmatics Pub Date : 2018-08-31 DOI: 10.1558/EAP.36664

Yi Sun

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引用次数: 1

Did Becky really need to apologise? Intercultural evaluations of politeness 贝基真的需要道歉吗？礼貌的跨文化评价

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East Asian Pragmatics Pub Date : 2018-08-31 DOI: 10.1558/EAP.35178

E. Okano, L. Brown

引用次数: 4

Malefactive uses of giving/receiving expressions: The case of te-kureru in Japanese 给予/接受表达的男性化用法:日语中te-kureru的例子

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East Asian Pragmatics Pub Date : 2018-08-31 DOI: 10.1558/EAP.35239

Y. Obana, Michael Haugh

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When (not) to claim epistemic independence 什么时候(不)主张认识上的独立性

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East Asian Pragmatics Pub Date : 2017-09-23 DOI: 10.1558/eap.34740

Kaoru Hayano

引用次数: 11