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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

2024

Book Chapter

Pathways to teaching global languages: challenges, opportunities, and implications for Asian language teachers in Australian schools

Fillmore, 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

Pathways to teaching global languages: challenges, opportunities, and implications for Asian language teachers in Australian schools

2023

Book Chapter

(Dis)agreeability in intercultural first conversations among Australian and Taiwanese university students

Haugh, 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

(Dis)agreeability in intercultural first conversations among Australian and Taiwanese university students

2022

Book Chapter

Sociopragmatics and intercultural interaction

Haugh, 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

Sociopragmatics and intercultural interaction

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

2022

Conference Publication

“Is it supposed to be funny?” L2 speakers’ recognition, understanding and appreciation of Australian conversational humour

Chang, 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.

“Is it supposed to be funny?” L2 speakers’ recognition, understanding and appreciation of Australian conversational humour

2022

Book Chapter

Chinese conversational humour over time: contemporary practice and tradition in Taiwanese cultures

Chang, 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

Chinese conversational humour over time: contemporary practice and tradition in Taiwanese cultures

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

2019

Conference Publication

The metapragmatics of ‘familiarity’ in interactional humour

Chang, 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.

The metapragmatics of ‘familiarity’ in interactional humour

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

2017

Book Chapter

(Im)politeness and relationality

Ohashi, 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

(Im)politeness and relationality

2017

Book Chapter

Intercultural communicative competence and emotion among second language learners of Chinese

Chang, 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

Intercultural communicative competence and emotion among second language learners of Chinese

2016

Book

Face and face practices in Chinese interaction: a study in interactional pragmatics

Chang, Wei-Lin Melody (2016). Face and face practices in Chinese interaction: a study in interactional pragmatics. London, United Kingdom: Equinox.

Face and face practices in Chinese interaction: a study in interactional pragmatics

2015

Book Chapter

Troubles talk, (dis)affiliation and the participation order in Taiwanese-Chinese online discussion boards

Haugh, 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.

Troubles talk, (dis)affiliation and the participation order in Taiwanese-Chinese online discussion boards

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