{"title":"How face is perceived in Chinese and Japanese","authors":"Qi Xiao, Ling Zhou","doi":"10.1075/prag.22075.xia","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1075/prag.22075.xia","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 This study aims to examine how Chinese and Japanese speakers perceive face-enhancement and face-threat from a\u0000 value-construct perspective. A mixed-method research design consisting of a questionnaire and structured interviews was employed.\u0000 The results suggest that the values which trigger face-enhancement and face-threat are differently distributed between the two\u0000 linguacultures in face-threatening and face-enhancing situations. Both Chinese and Japanese participants agreed that competence\u0000 was the top value for face-enhancement. The Chinese participants considered status superiority as the more sensitive triggering\u0000 value of face-enhancement, whereas the Japanese participants believed that good public image, self-esteem, and pride were the main\u0000 factors. In face-threatening scenarios, the Japanese participants paid more attention to self-abasement and shame, inconsideration\u0000 and irresponsibility, whereas the Chinese were more sensitive to incompetence. We attribute these differences in individuals’\u0000 perspectives on interpersonal relationships as a possible cause of their divergent perceptions of face.","PeriodicalId":515853,"journal":{"name":"Pragmatics. Quarterly Publication of the International Pragmatics Association (IPrA)","volume":"1 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139526018","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Move combinations in the conclusion section of applied linguistics research articles","authors":"Tomoyuki Kawase","doi":"10.1075/prag.22070.kaw","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1075/prag.22070.kaw","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000Genre analyses of research articles (RAs) have identified types of communicative purposes or moves achieved in different sections. However, very few studies have explored why moves are sequenced in specific manners. This study examines how writers relate moves to be coherent in the conclusion section of fifty applied linguistics RAs. The analysis shows that the writers achieved different types of moves in a relational manner for specific rhetorical intentions. The majority presented a summary of the study or previous research trends as background information to guide readers to acknowledge the significance of the study or the findings they later indicated. Some writers drew implications from findings of their studies they presented earlier to demonstrate the usefulness of the findings. Others provided recommendations for future studies based on the limitations of their studies that they indicated earlier to draw readers’ attention away from the limitations as potential weaknesses.","PeriodicalId":515853,"journal":{"name":"Pragmatics. Quarterly Publication of the International Pragmatics Association (IPrA)","volume":"92 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139444583","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}