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 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 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. 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 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 |
2021 Journal Article Teasing and claims to non-serious intent in Chinese talk showsChang, 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 |
2020 Journal Article The metapragmatics of “teasing” in Taiwanese Chinese conversational humourChang, 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 |
2019 Journal Article Indexical and sequential properties of criticisms in initial interactions: implications for examining (Im) politeness across culturesHaugh, 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 |
2019 Journal Article “The apology seemed (in)sincere”: Variability in perceptions of (im)politenessHaugh, 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 |
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 Journal Article Emotivity and face: displaying and soliciting emotivity in Chinese mediation interactionsChang, 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 |
2017 Journal Article ‘Your care and concern are my burden!’: Accounting for the emic concepts of ‘attentiveness’ and ‘empathy’ in interpersonal relationships among Taiwanese femalesChang, 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 |
2017 Book Chapter (Im)politeness and relationalityOhashi, Jun and Chang, Wei-Lin Melody (2017). (Im)politeness and relationality. The Palgrave handbook of linguistic (im)politeness. (pp. 257-285) edited by Jonathan Culpeper, Michael Haugh and Daniel Z. Kadar. London, United Kingdom: Springer. doi: 10.1057/978-1-137-37508-7_11 |
2017 Book Chapter Intercultural communicative competence and emotion among second language learners of ChineseChang, Wei-Lin Melody and Haugh, Michael (2017). Intercultural communicative competence and emotion among second language learners of Chinese. Key issues in Chinese as a second language research. (pp. 267-286) edited by Istvan Kecskes and Chaofen Sun. New York, United States: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781315660264-12 |
2016 Book Face and face practices in Chinese interaction: a study in interactional pragmaticsChang, Wei-Lin Melody (2016). Face and face practices in Chinese interaction: a study in interactional pragmatics. London, United Kingdom: Equinox. |
2015 Book Chapter Troubles talk, (dis)affiliation and the participation order in Taiwanese-Chinese online discussion boardsHaugh, Michael and Chang, Wei-Lin Melody (2015). Troubles talk, (dis)affiliation and the participation order in Taiwanese-Chinese online discussion boards. Participation in public and social media interactions. (pp. 99-133) edited by Marta Dynel and Jan Chovanec. Amsterdam, The Netherlands: John Benjamins Publishing Company. |
2015 Journal Article "Doing Deference": Identities and relational practices in Chinese online discussion boardsHaugh, 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 |