The University of Queensland

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.

(Dis)agreeability in intercultural first conversations among Australian and Taiwanese university students

Haugh, Michael and Chang, Wei-Lin Melody (2023). (Dis)agreeability in intercultural first conversations among Australian and Taiwanese university students. Negotiating intercultural relations: insights from linguistics, psychology, and intercultural education. (pp. 15-34) edited by Troy McConachy and Perry Hinton. London, United Kingdom: Bloomsbury Academic. doi: 10.5040/9781350276963.0009

Sociopragmatics and intercultural interaction

Haugh, Michael and Chang, Wei-Lin Melody (2022). Sociopragmatics and intercultural interaction. The Cambridge handbook of intercultural pragmatics. (pp. 420-444) edited by Istvan Kecskes. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/9781108884303.017

Chinese conversational humour over time: contemporary practice and tradition in Taiwanese cultures

Chang, Wei-Lin Melody and Haugh, Michael (2022). Chinese conversational humour over time: contemporary practice and tradition in Taiwanese cultures. Humour in Asian cultures: Tradition and Context. (pp. 188-210) edited by Jessica Milner Davis. Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003176374-9

(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

Troubles talk, (dis)affiliation and the participation order in Taiwanese-Chinese online discussion boards

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.

The role of ‘familiarity’ in Mandarin Chinese speakers’ metapragmatic evaluations of Australian conversational humour

Chang, Wei-Lin Melody and Sinkeviciute, Valeria (2022). The role of ‘familiarity’ in Mandarin Chinese speakers’ metapragmatic evaluations of Australian conversational humour. The European Journal of Humour Research, 10 (2), 74-95. doi: 10.7592/EJHR.2022.10.2.651

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

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

Indexical and sequential properties of criticisms in initial interactions: implications for examining (Im) politeness across cultures

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

‘Your care and concern are my burden!’: Accounting for the emic concepts of ‘attentiveness’ and ‘empathy’ in interpersonal relationships among Taiwanese females

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

Understanding im/politeness across cultures: an interactional approach to raising sociopragmatic awareness

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

Aggression and perceived national face threats in Mainland Chinese and Taiwanese CMC discussion boards

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

“Is it supposed to be funny?” L2 speakers’ recognition, understanding and appreciation of Australian conversational humour

Chang, Wei-Lin Melody and Sinkeviciute, Valeria (2022). “Is it supposed to be funny?” L2 speakers’ recognition, understanding and appreciation of Australian conversational humour. Symposium: (Inter-)cultural perspectives on humour in the globalised world, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 20 June 2022.

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.