The English politeness marker please in Chinese

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

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Výsledek na webu

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pragma.2024.07.003" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.pragma.2024.07.003</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

The English politeness marker please in Chinese

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

This study examines the usage of the English politeness marker please on a Chinese microblogging platform, focusing on its functional adaptation and the motivations for its borrowing. The findings reveal that please, as a pragmatically borrowed item (i.e., a pragmatic borrowing), differs from both its English etymon and Chinese equivalents. While it retains the preference for clause-final positions and the politeness-enhancing function of its English etymon, it has become predominantly used with imperatives on the public social media platform, often accompanied by features that indicate a strengthened requesting force. Additionally, please has acquired a new function of marking in-group identity and positive politeness among Chinese youth on social media, a function absent in the native equivalents. This study suggests that the unique function of please motivates its adoption by Chinese young people who seek to balance closeness and politeness in peer communication. The functional adaptation undergone by please exemplifies a common pattern in pragmatic borrowings that compete with native equivalents. © 2024 Elsevier B.V.

Název v anglickém jazyce

The English politeness marker please in Chinese

Popis výsledku anglicky

This study examines the usage of the English politeness marker please on a Chinese microblogging platform, focusing on its functional adaptation and the motivations for its borrowing. The findings reveal that please, as a pragmatically borrowed item (i.e., a pragmatic borrowing), differs from both its English etymon and Chinese equivalents. While it retains the preference for clause-final positions and the politeness-enhancing function of its English etymon, it has become predominantly used with imperatives on the public social media platform, often accompanied by features that indicate a strengthened requesting force. Additionally, please has acquired a new function of marking in-group identity and positive politeness among Chinese youth on social media, a function absent in the native equivalents. This study suggests that the unique function of please motivates its adoption by Chinese young people who seek to balance closeness and politeness in peer communication. The functional adaptation undergone by please exemplifies a common pattern in pragmatic borrowings that compete with native equivalents. © 2024 Elsevier B.V.

Druh

J_SC - Článek v periodiku v databázi SCOPUS

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

10201 - Computer sciences, information science, bioinformathics (hardware development to be 2.2, social aspect to be 5.8)

Projekt

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Návaznosti

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Rok uplatnění

2024

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Journal of Pragmatics

ISSN

03782166

e-ISSN

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Svazek periodika

230

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

2024

Stát vydavatele periodika

US - Spojené státy americké

Počet stran výsledku

12

Strana od-do

154 - 165

Kód UT WoS článku

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EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85199578400