Some Distinctive Taiwanese Communication Practices and their Cultural Meanings

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	Some Distinctive Taiwanese Communication Practices and their Cultural Meanings
	Sandel, T. L.; Yueh, H; Lu, P
	2017
Source Publication	The Handbook of Communication in Cross-cultural Perspective
Publication Place	New York
Publisher	Routledge
Pages	118-128
Abstract	Drawing upon work in cultural discourse analysis and situated ethnotheories, this chapter discusses both shared and divergent Taiwanese communication practices and beliefs. Shared talk is centered on such topics as family, food, and place. It is believed to convey feelings of intimacy, politeness, and strongly flavored “human-hearted-feelings.” Divergences occur across a north-south axis, with the north associated geographically and culturally with Taipei City, and the south with all other places. The north—dominated by so-called “Waishengren” or “Mainlanders” and their descendants—privileges communication spoken in the accent of “standard” Chinese Mandarin. The south is dominated by “Benshengren,” (Taiwanese) Hakka, and other groups, and exhibits a mixed style of Taiwanese and Mandarin, and/or Taiwanese-accented-Mandarin known as “Taiwan Guoyu.” People from the south are perceived as less fashionable and sophisticated, and may be called “taike.” Those in the north, who may see themselves as privileged and “normative,” may be humorously identified as residents of “Tian long guo” or “Heavenly dragon kingdom.” The chapter argues that it is important to understand differences within Taiwan as most scholarship appropriates a “Taipei-centered” understanding, and sees the north as norm
Keyword	Communication Taiwanese Cultural Discourse Analysis
URL	View the original
Language	英語English
ISBN	9781138892095
The Source to Article	PB_Publication
PUB ID	19739
Document Type	Book chapter
Collection	DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATION
Corresponding Author	Sandel, T. L.
Recommended Citation GB/T 7714	Sandel, T. L.,Yueh, H,Lu, P. Some Distinctive Taiwanese Communication Practices and their Cultural Meanings[M]. The Handbook of Communication in Cross-cultural Perspective, New York:Routledge, 2017, 118-128.
APA	Sandel, T. L.., Yueh, H., & Lu, P (2017). Some Distinctive Taiwanese Communication Practices and their Cultural Meanings. The Handbook of Communication in Cross-cultural Perspective, 118-128.

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