Investigating the use of vague language as a communicative strategy in Chinese business negotiations

Investigating the use of vague language as a communicative strategy in Chinese business negotiations

Chinese has long been perceived as being a hánxù (‘inscrutable’) language with indirect ways of communicating. This study aims to investigate indirectness in Chinese communication by exploring the use of vague language as a communicative strategy in Chinese business negotiations where vagueness play...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Zhao, Xiaohua
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: Curtin University 2010
Subjects:
sequential patterns
linguistic representations
indirectness
Chinese communication
communicative strategy
Chinese business negotiations
vague language
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/2204

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http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/2204

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