Researching Sociopragmatic Variability Perspectives from Variational

Researching Sociopragmatic Variability showcases a range of research approaches to the study of speech acts and pragmatic markers across different languages and varieties of a language, investigating native and non-native usages and variation across gende

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Researching Sociopragmatic Variability Perspectives from Variational, Interlanguage and Contrastive Pragmatics Edited by

Kate Beeching University of the West of England, UK

and

Helen Woodfield University of Bristol, UK

Selection, introduction and editorial content © Kate Beeching and Helen Woodfield 2015 Individual chapters © Respective authors 2015 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2015 978-1-137-37394-6 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No portion of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, Saffron House, 6–10 Kirby Street, London EC1N 8TS. Any person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. The authors have asserted their rights to be identified as the authors of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. First published 2015 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN Palgrave Macmillan in the UK is an imprint of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan in the US is a division of St Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries.

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Contents

List of Tables and Figures

vii

Notes on the Contributors

ix

1 Introduction Kate Beeching and Helen Woodfield

1

Part I Variational Pragmatics 2 Pragmalinguistic Variation and Barista Perceptions in US Café Service Encounters Lisa N. Fink and J. César Félix-Brasdefer

19

3 The Role of Gender in Taiwan and Mainland Chinese Compliments Chih-Ying Lin

49

4 Sociopragmatic Variation in Mainland and Taiwan Chinese Refusals Wei Ren

72

5 Revisiting You Know Using the BNCweb Query System: a Sociopragmatic Analysis Qun Zheng

94

6 Compliment Responses among Malaysian Multilinguals Jennifer Quah Xiao Min

119

Part II Interlanguage Pragmatics 7 Sociopragmatic Variation in Native Speakers’ and ESL Learners’ Requests Helen Woodfield

151

8 Variability in Native and Non-Native Use of Pragmatic Mar