{"product_id":"exploring-identity-work-in-chinese-xinren-chen-9781350273214","title":"Exploring Identity Work in Chinese Communication","description":"\u003cp\u003eThere is growing acceptance among pragmaticians that identity is often (de)constructed and negotiated in communication in order to impact the outcome of the interaction. Filling an important gap in current research, this book offers the first systematic, pragmatic theory to account for the generative mechanisms of identity in communication. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUsing data drawn from real-life communicative contexts in China, Xinren Chen examines why identity strategies are adopted, how and why identities are constructed and what factors determine their appropriateness and effectiveness. In answering these questions, this book argues that identity is an essential communicative resource, present across various domains and able to be exploited to facilitate the realization of communicative needs. Demonstrating that communication in Chinese involves the dynamic choice and shift of identity by discursive means, \u003ci\u003eExploring Identity Work in Chinese Communication\u003c\/i\u003e suggests that identity is intersubjective in communication in all languages and that it can be accepted, challenged, or even deconstructed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Xinren Chen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 135027321X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350273214\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/18\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.55d","brand":"Xinren Chen","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44071409516799,"sku":"9781350273214","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2b5824a2-4c9b-45d1-9eaf-4cbf3d661bfc.jpg?v=1685435928","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/exploring-identity-work-in-chinese-xinren-chen-9781350273214","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}