'Of course young people cannot adopt the guanxi talk well! They are always too blunt!': Enregisterment of guanxi talk across generations

Abstract - English

Guanxi is a Chinese word referring to a process of ‘drawing on connections in order to secure favors in personal relations and to fulfill personal objectives’ (Taormina et al., 2010: 1196) and it has long been considered... [ view full abstract ]

Authors

  1. jing tian wang (The University of Hong Kong)

Topic Area

Language and culture

Session

T130CR3/P » Paper (13:30 - Thursday, 28th June, Case Room 3)

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