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2025

Journal Article

“Being your son is rather tiring”: Assessments and assessment responses in initial interactions in Mandarin Chinese

Chang, Wei-Lin Melody (2025). “Being your son is rather tiring”: Assessments and assessment responses in initial interactions in Mandarin Chinese. Journal of Pragmatics, 235, 43-59. doi: 10.1016/j.pragma.2024.11.001

“Being your son is rather tiring”: Assessments and assessment responses in initial interactions in Mandarin Chinese

2022

Journal Article

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

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

2021

Journal Article

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

Taking it too far: the role of ideological discourses in contesting the limits of teasing and offence

2021

Journal Article

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

Teasing and claims to non-serious intent in Chinese talk shows

2020

Journal Article

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

The metapragmatics of “teasing” in Taiwanese Chinese conversational humour

2019

Journal Article

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

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

2019

Journal Article

“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

“The apology seemed (in)sincere”: Variability in perceptions of (im)politeness

2018

Journal Article

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

Emotivity and face: displaying and soliciting emotivity in Chinese mediation interactions

2017

Journal Article

‘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

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

2015

Journal Article

"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

"Doing Deference": Identities and relational practices in Chinese online discussion boards

2015

Journal Article

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

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

2013

Journal Article

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

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

2011

Journal Article

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

Strategic embarrassment and face threatening in business interactions

2011

Journal Article

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

Evaluations of im/politeness of an intercultural apology