A collection of high-quality papers based on authentic data, Metapragmatics and the Chinese Language presents a focused investigation of a topic that sits at the cutting edge of the field. Due to the increased attention to Chinese pragmatics, the significance of the volume goes far beyond the findings about Chinese and well into pragmatics research in general.Rong ChenDalian University of Foreign Languages, China; California State University, San Bernardino The ways in which we use language to show our awareness of the impacts of our use of language are a critically important area of pragmatics, but much of the work to date has been done on European languages. This is the first volume to systematically examine the metapragmatics of Chinese. It not only enriches our understanding of the metapragmatics of a key world language, but also our understanding of metapragmatics more broadly. It is a must-read not only for scholars of the pragmatics of Chinese, but for all scholars interested in metapragmatics.Michael HaughThe University of Queensland, Australia
