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The sensitivity of conversational topics and vague language in Mandarin Chinese by Zhang, Grace, Feng, H.

“…Based on the analysis of spoken interactions in Mandarin Chinese, the findings of the study show that, although the overall frequency of vague language items seems unrelated to the sensitivity of conversational topics, different topics result in differing frequencies of the six specific categories of vague language items as well as the forms of vague language-used. …”
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The prosody of interrogatives at transition-relevance places in Mandarin Chinese conversation by Xu, Jun

“…This study aims to address the issue of the extent to which prosody contributes to projecting possible turn endings in Mandarin Chinese conversation. The research specifically focuses on the realization of the pitch contour of the final syllable in yes/no questions, based on a small scale of study of eight map-task-type conversations. …”
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Request Strategies: A Comparative Study in Mandarin Chinese and Korean by Rue, Yong ju, Zhang, Grace

“…This book investigates request strategies in Mandarin Chinese and Korean, and is one of the first attempts to address cross-cultural strategies employed in the speech act of requests in two non-Western languages. …”
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A corpus-based study on snake metaphors in Mandarin Chinese and British English by Wei, Lixia, Wong, Bee Eng

“…Second, in terms of the conceptual metaphor of HUMAN BEINGS ARE ANIMALS, Mandarin Chinese and British English share the same metaphor of HUMAN BEINGS ARE SNAKES. …”
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A corpus-based study on snake metaphors in Mandarin Chinese and British English by Wei, Lixia, Wong, Bee Eng

“…Second, in terms of the conceptual metaphor of HUMAN BEINGS ARE ANIMALS, Mandarin Chinese and British English share the same metaphor of HUMAN BEINGS ARE SNAKES. …”
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A cognitive analysis of snake and lion metaphors in Mandarin Chinese and British English by Wei, Lixia

“…Keywords: metaphor, snake metaphors, lion metaphors, Mandarin Chinese, British English, Conceptual Metaphor Theory, Conceptual Blending Theory.…”
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Neural basis for processing hidden complexity indexed by small and finite clauses in Mandarin Chinese by Ansaldo, Umberto, Lai, Jackie, Jia, Fanlu, Siok, Wai Ting, Tan, Li Hai, Matthews, Stephen

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A contrastive study of compliment responses among Australian English and Mandarin Chinese speakers by Tang, C., Zhang, Grace

“…This study investigates compliment responses (CRs) among Australian English and Mandarin Chinese speakers. The data werecollected through the use of written discourse completion tasks, with four situational settings (appearance, character, ability andpossession).Atotal of 60 university-student informants participated in the study. …”
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A confirmatory factor analysis of the Mandarin-Chinese version of the Barrett-Lennard Relationship Inventory. by Liao, Faith, Murphy, David, Barrett-Lennard, Godfrey

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Functions and reasons for code-switching on facebook by UTAR English-Mandarin Chinese bilingual undergraduates by Choy, Wai Fong

“…The data consisted of messages posted by Faculty of Arts and Social Science (FAS) Mandarin Chinese-English bilingual students of Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR) on their Facebook profile pages. …”
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A corpus-based study on a man is a lion in Mandarin Chinese and British English by Lixia, Wei

“…Therefore, based on the GREAT AIN METAPHOR and the categorization of metaphors in terms of its nature, this study focused on the lion metaphors when the target domain is the man.The data for Mandarin Chinese? were collected from the Modern Chinese Corpus comp iled by the Centre for Chinese Linguistics of Peking University (CCL Corpus)The data for British English were collected from the British National Corpus (BNC ). …”
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Mandarin Chinese and English transfer during German language acquisition examples of structural properties transfer by Tan, Wan Ting, Ogasa, Nicole

“…The principal objective of this study is to ascertain the direct correlation between the influence of the students’ dominant language (Mandarin Chinese) and the language of instruction (English) with the extent of grammatical errors made whilst acquiring the German language. …”
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When “He” can also be “She”: an ERP study of reflexive pronoun resolution in written mandarin Chinese by Su, Jui-Ju, Molinaro, Nicola, Gillon-Dowens, Margaret, Tsai, Pei-Shu, Wu, Denise H., Carreiras, Manuel

Subjects: “…ERPs; reflexive pronoun resolution; type of gender information; gender specificity; Mandarin Chinese…”
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Using multimedia e-learning materials to suplement teaching and learning of Mandarin Chinese language / Goh Chin Shuang … [et al.] by Goh, Chin Shuang, Tengku Shamsudden, Tengku Azeezeen, Thambyraja, Magarete Thresa, Ibrahim, Zainuddin

“…The research sought to define the usability of Conversational Mandarin Chinese 1 as an interactive multimedia e-learning supplementary instructional tool in the teaching and learning of Elementary Mandarin (I) in UiTM, Shah Alam. …”
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Representing language, culture and citizenship to minoritised ethnic groups: the teaching of Mandarin Chinese to Mongolian learners as a second language in China since 1912 by Wu, Jiaye

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Lion metaphors in Chinese and English by Wei , Lixia, Wong , Bee Eng, Lim, C. B.

“…This study intends to explore the cultural similarities and differences between the lion metaphors in Mandarin Chinese and British English. Most previous studies on animal metaphors focussed on the expressions with human beings as the target domain by collecting data either from questionnaires or dictionaries based on the Conceptual Metaphor Theory. …”
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Surpass comparatives in Sinitic and beyond: typology and grammaticalization by Ansaldo, Umberto

“…I offer possible grammaticalization paths for the Surpass comparative in the history of Chinese grammar, and argue that Surpass constructions are typical of Southern Sinitic but not of Mandarin Chinese (contra Stassen, Comparison and universal grammar, Basil Blackwell, 1985, Stassen, Comparative constructions, Oxford University Press, 2005). …”
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Teach yourself Chinese--how? The history of Chinese self-instruction manuals for English speakers, 1900-2010 by McLelland, Nicola

“…This paper examines the history of self-instructional manuals of (Mandarin) Chinese published in Britain between 1900 and 2010, one of the main ways of learning Chinese for most of the 20th century in Britain, when Chinese instruction was virtually non-existent in schools and barely available in adult education classes. …”
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Taiwanese students in Malaysia and interculturality: when national identities take primacy over individualities by Machart, Regis Christian, Lim, Sep Neo, Yeow, E-Lynn, Chin, Sin Zi

“…Data were collected through focus groups held in Mandarin Chinese and focused on their experience in the host country. …”
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A mixed method study of Taiwanese mental health professional training: acquiring person-centred therapeutic relationship competence through the use of new digital technology by Liao, Faith Ruofan

“…Firstly, the sample for exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis was N=658 (621=male, 495=female) of Mandarin-Chinese native speakers participating in evaluating the friendship for the validation of the Mandarin-Chinese version of Barrett-Lennard Relationship Inventory (B-L RI:MC). …”
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