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Variational Pragmatics in Chinese Social Media Requests: The Influence of Gender
REN Yujie
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DOI:10.17265//1539-8072/2021.11.002
University of Shanghai for Science and Technology (USST), Shanghai, China
In the studies of variational pragmatics (VP), the factor of gender-based difference has not been investigated to a full extent. Gender, without any doubt, is a very vital factor influencing the production of requests while researches about this are very few in number. This paper studied the influence of gender in terms of making requests in WeChat and this study included 22 Chinese participants who were divided into two groups based on their gender, 11 males and 11 females. There were in total 61 requests collected from the WeChat. And the results showed that the female group preferred to use indirect strategies while the male group preferred direct strategies.
variational pragmatics, gender, Requests Chinese WeChat
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