Dr Chang's research interests lie in the fields of pragmatics, intercultural communication and business negotiation, with a focus on studying face, (im)politeness and humour. She is the author of face and face practices in Chinese talk-in-interactions: an empirical analysis of business interactions in Taiwan (2016, Equinox). She has also published a number of papers in edited volumes and international journals such as Journal of Pragmatics, Intercultural Pragmatics, International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language teaching, Journal of Politeness Research, Pragmatics, Multilingua, Lingua, and East Asian Pragmatics.
Her current research includes anaylsis of initial interactions in inter/intra-cultural settings and the role of humor in Australia-Chinese intercultural interactions.
Journal Article: Taking it too far: the role of ideological discourses in contesting the limits of teasing and offence
Chang, Wei-Lin Melody, Haugh, Michael and Su, Hsi-Yao (2021). Taking it too far: the role of ideological discourses in contesting the limits of teasing and offence. Pragmatics. Quarterly Publication of the International Pragmatics Association (IPrA), 31 (3), 382-405. doi: 10.1075/prag.20003.cha
Journal Article: Teasing and claims to non-serious intent in Chinese talk shows
Chang, Wei-Lin Melody and Haugh, Michael (2021). Teasing and claims to non-serious intent in Chinese talk shows. East Asian Pragmatics, 6 (2), 135-159. doi: 10.1558/eap.18158
Journal Article: The metapragmatics of “teasing” in Taiwanese Chinese conversational humour
Chang, Wei-Lin Melody and Haugh, Michael (2020). The metapragmatics of “teasing” in Taiwanese Chinese conversational humour. The European Journal of Humour Research, 8 (4), 7-30. doi: 10.7592/ejhr2020.8.4.chang
Emerging intercultural communication styles among Japanese and Australian entrepreneurs
Doctor Philosophy
Verbal Humour in English as a Lingua Franca
Doctor Philosophy
Face and face practices in Chinese interaction: a study in interactional pragmatics
Chang, Wei-Lin Melody (2016). Face and face practices in Chinese interaction: a study in interactional pragmatics. London, United Kingdom: Equinox.
(Im)politeness and relationality
Ohashi, Jun and Chang, Wei-Lin Melody (2017). (Im)politeness and relationality. The Palgrave handbook of linguistic (im)politeness. (pp. 257-285) edited by Jonathan Culpeper, Michael Haugh and Daniel Z. Kadar. London, United Kingdom: Springer. doi: 10.1057/978-1-137-37508-7_11
Intercultural communicative competence and emotion among second language learners of Chinese
Chang, Wei-Lin Melody and Haugh, Michael (2017). Intercultural communicative competence and emotion among second language learners of Chinese. Key issues in Chinese as a second language research. (pp. 267-286) edited by Istvan Kecskes and Chaofen Sun. New York, United States: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781315660264-12
Haugh, Michael and Chang, Wei-Lin Melody (2015). Troubles talk, (dis)affiliation and the participation order in Taiwanese-Chinese online discussion boards. Participation in public and social media interactions. (pp. 99-133) edited by Marta Dynel and Jan Chovanec. Amsterdam, The Netherlands: John Benjamins Publishing Company.
'Face' in Taiwanese business interactions: from emic concepts to emic practices
Chang, Wei-Lin Melody and Haugh, Michael (2013). 'Face' in Taiwanese business interactions: from emic concepts to emic practices. Chinese discourse and interaction. (pp. 126-150) edited by Yuling Pan and Daniel Z. Kadar. Bristol, United Kingdom: Equinox Publishing.
Collaborative creation of spoken language corpora
Haugh, Michael and Chang, Wei-Lin Melody (2013). Collaborative creation of spoken language corpora. Pragmatics language learning. (pp. 133-159) edited by Tim Greer, Donna Tatsuki and Carsten Roever. Honolulu, HI, United States: National Foreign Language Resource Center.
Chang, Wei-Lin Melody, Haugh, Michael and Su, Hsi-Yao (2021). Taking it too far: the role of ideological discourses in contesting the limits of teasing and offence. Pragmatics. Quarterly Publication of the International Pragmatics Association (IPrA), 31 (3), 382-405. doi: 10.1075/prag.20003.cha
Teasing and claims to non-serious intent in Chinese talk shows
Chang, Wei-Lin Melody and Haugh, Michael (2021). Teasing and claims to non-serious intent in Chinese talk shows. East Asian Pragmatics, 6 (2), 135-159. doi: 10.1558/eap.18158
The metapragmatics of “teasing” in Taiwanese Chinese conversational humour
Chang, Wei-Lin Melody and Haugh, Michael (2020). The metapragmatics of “teasing” in Taiwanese Chinese conversational humour. The European Journal of Humour Research, 8 (4), 7-30. doi: 10.7592/ejhr2020.8.4.chang
Haugh, Michael and Chang, Wei-Lin Melody (2019). Indexical and sequential properties of criticisms in initial interactions: implications for examining (Im) politeness across cultures. Russian Journal of Linguistics, 23 (4), 904-929. doi: 10.22363/2687-0088-2019-23-4-904-929
“The apology seemed (in)sincere”: Variability in perceptions of (im)politeness
Haugh, Michael and Melody Chang, Wei-Lin (2019). “The apology seemed (in)sincere”: Variability in perceptions of (im)politeness. Journal of Pragmatics, 142, 207-222. doi: 10.1016/j.pragma.2018.11.022
Emotivity and face: displaying and soliciting emotivity in Chinese mediation interactions
Chang, Wei-Lin Melody (2018). Emotivity and face: displaying and soliciting emotivity in Chinese mediation interactions. Lingua, 213, 43-62. doi: 10.1016/j.lingua.2018.06.006
Chang, Wei-Lin Melody and Fukushima, Saeko (2017). ‘Your care and concern are my burden!’: Accounting for the emic concepts of ‘attentiveness’ and ‘empathy’ in interpersonal relationships among Taiwanese females. East Asian Pragmatics, 2 (1), 1-23. doi: 10.1558/eap.33081
"Doing Deference": Identities and relational practices in Chinese online discussion boards
Haugh, Michael, Chang, Wei-Lin Melody and Kadar, Daniel Z. (2015). "Doing Deference": Identities and relational practices in Chinese online discussion boards. Pragmatics, 25 (1), 73-98. doi: 10.1075/prag.25.1.04hau
Haugh, Michael and Chang, Wei-Lin Melody (2015). Understanding im/politeness across cultures: an interactional approach to raising sociopragmatic awareness. International Review of Applied Linguistics, 53 (4), 389-414. doi: 10.1515/iral-2015-0018
Kadar, Daniel Z., Haugh, Michael and Chang, Wei-Lin Melody (2013). Aggression and perceived national face threats in Mainland Chinese and Taiwanese CMC discussion boards. Multilingua, 32 (3), 343-372. doi: 10.1515/multi-2013-0016
Evaluations of im/politeness of an intercultural apology
Chang, Wei-Lin Melody and Haugh, Michael (2011). Evaluations of im/politeness of an intercultural apology. Intercultural Pragmatics, 8 (3), 411-442. doi: 10.1515/iprg.2011.019
Strategic embarrassment and face threatening in business interactions
Chang, Wei-Lin Melody and Haugh, Michael (2011). Strategic embarrassment and face threatening in business interactions. Journal of Pragmatics, 43 (12), 2948-2963. doi: 10.1016/j.pragma.2011.05.009
The metapragmatics of ‘familiarity’ in interactional humour
Chang, Wei-Lin Melody and Sinkeviciute, Valeria (2019). The metapragmatics of ‘familiarity’ in interactional humour. Australian Humour Studies Network conference, Melbourne, Australia, 6-8 February 2019.
Emerging intercultural communication styles among Japanese and Australian entrepreneurs
Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
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Verbal Humour in English as a Lingua Franca
Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
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