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Kinship term generalization in contemporary Chinese academic settings

What is it about?

A common Chinese addressing practice is to address non-kin people with kinship terms, a phenomenon sometimes described as ‘kinship term generalization’. This study adopts the socio-pragmatic perspective to examine the phenomenon among Chinese graduate students.

Why is it important?

Based on the analysis of the data collected, it seeks to argue that Chinese graduate students’ varying use of GKTs in academic settings is a pragmatic strategy, characterized by the family-centered cultural values of the Chinese society.

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Xinren Chen and Juanjuan Ren
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