1st Edition
The Pragmatics of Managing Negative Emotions in a Chinese Context
Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
Foreword
Acknowledgements
1. Introduction
2. Towards an interpersonal pragmatics analysis of emotion management
3. Arguing For a ganqing approach to rapport (management)
4. Description of conceptual framework
5. Data and methods
6. Types of negative emotions
7. Managing negative emotions through rapport management strategies
8. Accounting for negative emotion management through rapport management strategies
9. Concluding chapter
Index
Index
Biography
Rong Lei, PhD in Linguistics, Associate Professor at the National Key Research Center for Linguistics and Applied Linguistics, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies (GDUFS), P. R. China.
"The theoretical, methodological and practical implications of the book would indicate that it is a valuable contribution to research on psychotherapy discourse and interpersonal pragmatics; as such it could be of interest to pragmatics researchers and practitioners of psychotherapy."
- Su Hang, Professor of English Language and Linguistics at Sichuan International Studies University, China and Jingyao Chen, PhD student at Sichuan International Studies University, China.
