2025 Conference Publication Assessments and Assessment Responses in Initial Interaction in Mandarin ChineseChang, Wei-Lin Melody (2025). Assessments and Assessment Responses in Initial Interaction in Mandarin Chinese. 4th Discourse, Culture and Interaction conference, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 5-6 December 2024. |
2025 Conference Publication Who’s at fault? Online public shaming and the contestation of moral culpabilityChang, Wei-Lin Melody, Haugh, Michael and Su, Hsi-Yao (2025). Who’s at fault? Online public shaming and the contestation of moral culpability. The 19th International Pragmatics Conference, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 22-27 June 2025. |
2025 Conference Publication Mutual (mis)understanding in intercultural first conversationsHaugh, Michael and Chang, Wei-Lin Melody (2025). Mutual (mis)understanding in intercultural first conversations. The 19th International Pragmatics Conference, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 22-27 June 2025. |
2025 Conference Publication The paradoxical role of jocular wordplay in intercultural L1-L2 initial interactionsHaugh, Michael and Chang, Wei-Lin Melody (2025). The paradoxical role of jocular wordplay in intercultural L1-L2 initial interactions. Wordplay and Exclusion, Würzburg, Germany/online, 30–31 May 2025. |
2025 Conference Publication Conversational humour and rapport in Australian-Chinese intercultural initial interactionsHaugh, Michael and Chang, Wei-Lin Melody (2025). Conversational humour and rapport in Australian-Chinese intercultural initial interactions. 31st Australasian Humour Studies Network, Adelaide, SA Australia, 19-21 February 2025. |
2024 Conference Publication “Being your son is rather tiring”: Assessments and Assessment Responses in Initial Interaction in Mandarin ChineseChang, Wei-Lin Melody (2024). “Being your son is rather tiring”: Assessments and Assessment Responses in Initial Interaction in Mandarin Chinese. International Symposium on Chinese Language and Discourse, Singapore, 30 July - 2 August 2024. |
2024 Conference Publication Cross-generational study of conversational humour amongst Taiwanese speakers of Mandarin Chinese: metapragmatic commentary on humour practicesChang, Wei-Lin Melody (2024). Cross-generational study of conversational humour amongst Taiwanese speakers of Mandarin Chinese: metapragmatic commentary on humour practices. 30th Australasian Humour Studies Network, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 7-9 February 2024. |
2023 Conference Publication The metapragmatics of offence and online public shaming in ChineseChang, Wei-Lin Melody, Haugh, Michael and Su, Hsi-Yao (2023). The metapragmatics of offence and online public shaming in Chinese. The 18th International Pragmatics Conference, Brussels, Belgium, 9-14 July 2023. |
2023 Conference Publication Epistemic territories and the preference for knowability and agreeability in intercultural first conversationsHaugh, Michael and Chang, Wei-Lin Melody (2023). Epistemic territories and the preference for knowability and agreeability in intercultural first conversations. The International Conference of Conversation Analysis (ICCA23), Brisbane, QLD Australia, 29 June- 2 July 2023. |
2022 Conference Publication “Is it supposed to be funny?” L2 speakers’ recognition, understanding and appreciation of Australian conversational humourChang, Wei-Lin Melody and Sinkeviciute, Valeria (2022). “Is it supposed to be funny?” L2 speakers’ recognition, understanding and appreciation of Australian conversational humour. (Inter-)cultural perspectives on humour in the globalised world, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 20 June 2022. |
2022 Conference Publication Epistemic authority in intercultural first conversationsChang, Wei-Lin Melody and Haugh, Michael (2022). Epistemic authority in intercultural first conversations. The 9th Intercultural Pragmatics and Communication conference (INPRA-9), Brisbane, QLD Australia, 21-23 June 2022. |
2022 Conference Publication “Is it supposed to be funny?” L2 speakers’ recognition, understanding and appreciation of Australian conversational humourChang, Wei-Lin Melody and Sinkeviciute, Valeria (2022). “Is it supposed to be funny?” L2 speakers’ recognition, understanding and appreciation of Australian conversational humour. Symposium: (Inter-)cultural perspectives on humour in the globalised world, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 20 June 2022. |
2021 Conference Publication Displaying embarrassment in Taiwanese business negotiationsChang, Wei-Lin Melody and Haugh, Michael (2021). Displaying embarrassment in Taiwanese business negotiations. The 17th International Pragmatics Conference, Winterthur, Switzerland, 27 June - 2 July 2021. |
2019 Conference Publication Taking it too far or not being able to take a joke? A metapragmatic analysis of online discussion about the limits of teasing and taking offence on a Taiwanese variety showChang, Melody, Haugh, Michael and Su, Hsi-Yao (2019). Taking it too far or not being able to take a joke? A metapragmatic analysis of online discussion about the limits of teasing and taking offence on a Taiwanese variety show. 4th International Conference of the American Pragmatics Association (AMPRA 2018), New York, NY United States, 1-3 November 2018. |
2019 Conference Publication The metalinguistics of “offence” in ChineseChang, Wei-Lin Melody, Haugh, Michael and Su, Hsi-Yao (2019). The metalinguistics of “offence” in Chinese. The 16th International Pragmatics Conference, Hong Kong, China, 9-14 June 2019. |
2019 Conference Publication The metapragmatics of ‘familiarity’ in interactional humourChang, Wei-Lin Melody and Sinkeviciute, Valeria (2019). The metapragmatics of ‘familiarity’ in interactional humour. Australian Humour Studies Network conference, Melbourne, VIC Australia, 6-8 February 2019. |
2019 Conference Publication The metapragmatics of “teasing” and “mockery” in Chinese conversational humourChang, Wei-Lin Melody and Haugh, Michael (2019). The metapragmatics of “teasing” and “mockery” in Chinese conversational humour. Australian Humour Studies Network conference, Melbourne, VIC Australia, 6-8 February 2019. |
2019 Conference Publication The metapragmatics of ‘familiarity’ in interactional humourChang, Wei-Lin Melody and Sinkeviciute, Valeria (2019). The metapragmatics of ‘familiarity’ in interactional humour. Australian Humour Studies Network conference, Melbourne, Australia, 6-8 February 2019. |
2018 Conference Publication Managing epistemic territories in initial interactionsChang, Wei-Lin Melody and Haugh, Michael (2018). Managing epistemic territories in initial interactions. The 5th International Conference of Conversation Analysis (ICCA18), Brisbane, QLD Australia, 11-15 July 2018. |
2018 Conference Publication Cross-generational study of conversational humour amongst Taiwanese speakers of Mandarin ChineseChang, Wei-Lin Melody (2018). Cross-generational study of conversational humour amongst Taiwanese speakers of Mandarin Chinese. 11th International Conference on Im/politeness, Valencia, Spain, 4-6 July 2018. |