“I am sure but I hedge” : fear expression kongpa as a rhetorical interactive strategy in Mandarin conversation

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DC Field	Value	Language
dc.contributor	Department of English	-
dc.creator	Yang, Y	en_US
dc.creator	Yap, FH	en_US
dc.creator	Wong, TS	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2014-12-11T08:26:06Z	-
dc.date.available	2014-12-11T08:26:06Z	-
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10397/5942	-
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.subject	Modal adverb	en_US
dc.subject	Mandarin	en_US
dc.title	“I am sure but I hedge” : fear expression kongpa as a rhetorical interactive strategy in Mandarin conversation	en_US
dc.type	Presentation	en_US
dcterms.abstract	This study investigates how modal adverb kongpa is used in Mandarin conversation by linking epistemic uncertainty and potential negative impact of the related utterances together with the theory of hedging.	-
dcterms.accessRights	open access	en_US
dcterms.bibliographicCitation	Yang, Y., Yap, F.H. & Wong, T.S. (2012, September 3-5). “I am sure but I hedge” : fear expression kongpa as a rhetorical interactive strategy in Mandarin conversation [Conference presentation]. Workshop on Epistemicity, Evidentiality and Attitude in Asian Languages: Typological, Diachronic and Discourse Perspectives, September 3-5, 2012, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong	en_US
dcterms.issued	2012-09	-
dc.identifier.rosgroupid	r65954	-
dc.description.ros	2012-2013 > Academic research: refereed > Refereed conference paper	-
dc.description.oa	Not applicable	en_US
dc.identifier.FolderNumber	OA_IR/PIRA	en_US
dc.description.oaCategory	Copyright retained by author	en_US
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