Re-conceptualizing the Chinese concept of face from a face-sensitive perspective: A case study of a modern Chinese TV drama  

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Ming, He

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Journal of Pragmatics: An Interdiciplinary Journal of Language Studies vol. 43 no. 08 (2011), page 2360–2372.
Topik: Mia` nzi Face Chinese culture Mia` nzi-sensitive factors Identity
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The present study adopts a new approach to face-analysis, originally proposed by Spencer- Oatey (2007:639–656) in light of identity theories, to analyze and re-conceptualize the Chinese concept of face based on data collected fromamodernChineseTVdrama.Theresults reveal that mia`nzi in Chinese culture is inherently associated with the respectable identity and/or status that an individual establishes, and many Chinese mia` nzi phenomena can be explained and understood in terms of people’s attributes or characteristics from a mia`nzisensitive perspective on identity theory. Itsfindings also indicate that Chinese people tend to be mia`nzi-sensitive about those attributes or characteristics foregrounded in social interactions of their own, as well as those of their family members, close friends, colleagues, and social groups. Based on these categories of mia` nzi-sensitive factors, this paper concludes that the Chinese concept of face, as a holistic term, can be categorized as individual, relational, and group mia`nzi.

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