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. |
2025 Journal Article “Being your son is rather tiring”: assessments and assessment responses in initial interactions in Mandarin ChineseChang, 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 |
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. |
2024 Book Chapter Pathways to teaching global languages: challenges, opportunities, and implications for Asian language teachers in Australian schoolsFillmore, Naomi, Disbray, Samantha, Haugh, Michael, Chang, Wei-Lin Melody, Crump, Des and Hashimoto, Kayoko (2024). Pathways to teaching global languages: challenges, opportunities, and implications for Asian language teachers in Australian schools. Rethinking the Asian language learning paradigm in Australia. (pp. 17-44) edited by Kayoko Hashimoto. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-74149-4_2 |
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. |
2023 Book Chapter (Dis)agreeability in intercultural first conversations among Australian and Taiwanese university studentsHaugh, Michael and Chang, Wei-Lin Melody (2023). (Dis)agreeability in intercultural first conversations among Australian and Taiwanese university students. Negotiating intercultural relations: insights from linguistics, psychology, and intercultural education. (pp. 15-34) edited by Troy McConachy and Perry Hinton. London, United Kingdom: Bloomsbury Academic. doi: 10.5040/9781350276963.0009 |
2022 Book Chapter Sociopragmatics and intercultural interactionHaugh, Michael and Chang, Wei-Lin Melody (2022). Sociopragmatics and intercultural interaction. The Cambridge handbook of intercultural pragmatics. (pp. 420-444) edited by Istvan Kecskes. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/9781108884303.017 |
2022 Journal Article The role of ‘familiarity’ in Mandarin Chinese speakers’ metapragmatic evaluations of Australian conversational humourChang, 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 |
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. |
2022 Book Chapter Chinese conversational humour over time: contemporary practice and tradition in Taiwanese culturesChang, Wei-Lin Melody and Haugh, Michael (2022). Chinese conversational humour over time: contemporary practice and tradition in Taiwanese cultures. Humour in Asian cultures: Tradition and Context. (pp. 188-210) edited by Jessica Milner Davis. Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003176374-9 |
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. |
2021 Journal Article Taking it too far: the role of ideological discourses in contesting the limits of teasing and offenceChang, 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 |