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Journal of Pragmatics

Pub Date : 2026-01-17 DOI: 10.1016/j.pragma.2025.12.011

Tiancheng Chen

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Journal of Pragmatics

Pub Date : 2026-01-13 DOI: 10.1016/j.pragma.2025.12.012

Fang Xie, Yubo Wang

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From complainees to co-complainants: Practices of institutional actors facing complaints 从被投诉人到共同投诉人：面对投诉的机构行为者的做法

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Journal of Pragmatics

Pub Date : 2026-01-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-31 DOI: 10.1016/j.pragma.2025.12.004

Tianhao Zhang

Using recorded phone calls between local residents and call-takers of various local institutions during the 2022 COVID-19 lockdown in Shanghai, China as my data, I apply conversation analysis and membership categorization analysis to examine the interactional phenomenon where the institutional call-taker, facing complaints surrounding the impact of COVID-19 from the caller, initiates a complaint and becomes a co-complainant with the caller against a third party – often the Shanghai government – that is proposed to have caused grievances to both participants. Institutional actors initiate their third-party complaints when the callers repeatedly refuse to affiliate with their attempts to shift responsibility or their proposed solutions. This shift from being the complainee to being a co-complainant is regularly accomplished through practices in which the institutional actor: 1) produces implicit counter-complaints; 2) categorize complainants and themselves as categorial co-members; and 3) highlights and upgrades their own grievances. The findings suggest that institutional actors can make relevant their non-institutional identities and go against institutional expectations to achieve the institutional task of directing blame away from their institutions.

我以中国上海2022年新冠肺炎封锁期间当地居民与当地各机构接听者的通话记录为数据，运用会话分析和成员分类分析，研究机构接听者面对主叫方对新冠肺炎影响的抱怨，发起投诉，并与呼叫者一起成为针对第三方（通常是上海政府）的共同投诉人，据称这对双方都造成了不满。当呼叫者一再拒绝配合他们转移责任的尝试或他们提出的解决方案时，机构行为者就会发起他们的第三方投诉。这种从被投诉人到共同投诉人的转变通常是通过以下做法实现的：1)产生隐性的反投诉；2)将投诉人和自己归类为类别共同成员；3)强调和升级自己的不满。研究结果表明，制度行为者可以使他们的非制度身份与制度期望相关联，从而实现将责任从其制度中转移出去的制度任务。

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Correction in embodied interaction: How teachers and children reflexively manage a preschool mobile formation in traffic 具身互动的纠正：教师和儿童如何在交通中反射性地管理学龄前移动编队

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Journal of Pragmatics

Pub Date : 2026-01-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-11 DOI: 10.1016/j.pragma.2025.11.003

Mathias Broth, Annerose Willemsen , Jakob Cromdal

While correction in interactionist research has largely been studied as it emerges in, and operates on, talk, this study concerns verbal correction that targets a particular class of embodied behavior: the movement and aspects of peer alignment of children walking in a group. We describe correction of mobile behavior as not only a sequential but also a micro-sequential and reflexive accomplishment. Based on data from preschool walks, where teachers and children embody a particular mobile formation by jointly orienting to expected ways of walking, the analysis focuses on how teachers initiate corrections and how children respond to them in an embodied way. By verbally initiating correction, teachers publicly index current behavior by one or several children as deviating from the expected ways of being part of the mobile formation. Through the precise timing of their embodied responses to verbal correction initiations, children display how they understand the nature of the trouble and the remedy that is called for. A central contribution of the paper is to show how each of the elements that make up correction sequences in this setting – correctable behavior, verbal correction initiation and the embodied correction of the behaviour – is observably constituted as participants reflexively orient, verbally and bodily, to each other's emerging actions. We unpack this real-time co-production of the correction sequence by demonstrating how children may start correcting their walking behavior successively, early and delayed in relation to the verbal correction initiation by the teacher.

虽然互动性研究中的纠正已经在很大程度上被研究，因为它出现在谈话中，并对谈话起作用，但这项研究关注的是针对特定类别的具体行为的言语纠正：儿童在群体中行走的运动和同伴对齐的各个方面。我们认为移动行为的纠正不仅是一个顺序的，而且是一个微顺序的和反身性的成就。基于幼儿园步行的数据，教师和儿童通过共同引导预期的步行方式来体现特定的移动形态，分析重点是教师如何发起纠正以及儿童如何以具体化的方式回应这些纠正。通过口头发起纠正，教师公开指出一个或几个孩子的当前行为偏离了作为移动形成的一部分的预期方式。通过他们对言语纠正的具体反应的精确时间，孩子们展示了他们如何理解问题的本质和所需要的补救措施。本文的一个核心贡献是展示了在这种情况下，构成纠正序列的每一个元素——可纠正的行为、言语纠正的发起和行为的具体化纠正——是如何被观察到的，因为参与者在语言和身体上反射性地指向彼此的新行为。我们通过展示孩子们是如何开始纠正他们的行走行为的，先后的，早期的和延迟的，与老师的言语纠正有关，来解释这种实时的纠正序列的共同生产。

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“Voilà un film original!”: A local grammar of evaluation in French film reviews “你看，电影原创！”：法国电影评论中的一种本地评价语法

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Journal of Pragmatics

Pub Date : 2026-01-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-17 DOI: 10.1016/j.pragma.2025.12.001

Rong Wen , Zhichao Wang , Xinyue Yao , Oleg Averyanov

Recent studies of local grammar have demonstrated its value for capturing the lexicogrammatical realizations of discourse functions. However, studies focusing on languages other than English remain scarce. This study addresses the gap by developing a local grammar of evaluation in French, based on a corpus of over 700,000 words of online film reviews. All instances of explicit overall evaluation were manually annotated with reference to seven functional elements typically associated with evaluative discourse. The analysis yielded 66 recurrent local grammar patterns that conform to a near-Zipfian distribution, comprising a small set of highly frequent configurations (e.g., “Target + Evaluation”, “Initiator + Evaluation + Target”) and a long tail of infrequent patterns. The results reveal convergence between French and English in the use of core functional elements, such as the Evaluation, Target, and Evaluator, but also divergence in word order and in the distribution of less commonly attested elements, notably the Initiator. These findings show that local grammar provides a principled framework for distinguishing cross-linguistically valid patterns from language-specific configurations. More broadly, the study demonstrates the potential of local grammar as a comparative tool for investigating the grammar-discourse interface across languages.

最近对地方语法的研究已经证明了它在捕捉语篇功能的词汇语法实现方面的价值。然而，关注英语以外语言的研究仍然很少。本研究基于超过70万字的在线电影评论语料库，通过开发法语本地评价语法来解决这一差距。所有显式整体评估的实例都被人工注释，参考了与评估话语典型相关的七个功能元素。分析产生了66个符合近似zipfian分布的重复局部语法模式，包括一个小的高频配置集（例如，“Target + Evaluation”，“Initiator + Evaluation + Target”）和一个不常见模式的长尾。结果表明，法语和英语在核心功能要素（如Evaluation、Target和Evaluator）的使用上趋同，但在词序和较少被证实的要素（尤其是Initiator）的分布上也存在差异。这些发现表明，局部语法为区分跨语言有效模式和特定于语言的配置提供了一个原则性框架。更广泛地说，该研究证明了本地语法作为研究跨语言语法-话语界面的比较工具的潜力。

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The affective meanings of bowing in a web corpus of Japanese 日语网络语料库中鞠躬的情感意义

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Journal of Pragmatics

Pub Date : 2026-01-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-02 DOI: 10.1016/j.pragma.2025.11.002

Eugenia Diegoli

This paper explores, through the lens of the Theory of Affective Pragmatics (TAP), the metadiscourse around bowing in a web corpus of Japanese. Bowing is a highly routinised non-verbal behaviour that, I argue, has come to be associated with specific functions and emotions in the Japanese context. Specifically, the study examines 136 mentions of bowing. These instances were identified through lexical searches and discuss, evaluate or prescribe the act of bowing, assigning specific meanings to it. The focus is on (a) (the representation of) the pragmatic functions of bowing; and (b) the emotions it is taken to express and/or elicit. The findings suggest that bowing is an emotional expression that can be used to engage in multiple and often overlapping speech acts (apologising, requesting, thanking, acknowledging/greeting) and based on which specific emotions (e.g. regret, shame, gratitude) can be inferred.

本文以情感语用学理论为视角，探讨了日语网络语料库中围绕鞠躬的元语篇。鞠躬是一种高度程式化的非语言行为，我认为，在日本语境中，它与特定的功能和情感联系在一起。具体来说，这项研究调查了136次提到的鞠躬。这些实例是通过词汇搜索来确定的，并讨论、评估或规定了鞠躬的行为，赋予它特定的含义。重点是(a)鞠躬的语用功能（表征）；(b)用来表达和/或引出的情绪。研究结果表明，鞠躬是一种情感表达，可用于多种且经常重叠的言语行为（道歉、请求、感谢、承认/问候），并可据此推断出特定的情感（如后悔、羞耻、感激）。

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“You wanna flirt?” – “Let's flirt”: A corpus-based analysis of flirting “你想调情吗？”-“让我们调情”：一个基于语料库的调情分析

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Journal of Pragmatics

Pub Date : 2026-01-01 Epub Date: 2025-11-27 DOI: 10.1016/j.pragma.2025.11.005

Lena Scharrer, Michelle Weckermann

Flirting is thus far linguistically under-researched. What makes it an intriguing phenomenon to investigate is that it seems to have no fixed form but a clear function. This article hence aims to fill the existing research gap by investigating flirting in the US dating show Love is Blind. The TV format is marked by the contestants not having visual contact in the early stages of the dating process and its focus on promoting marriage as an outcome of the show. In contrast to previous research, this corpus-driven study utilises a top-down approach and manual data coding in order to get an, if possible, all-encompassing picture of this practise. We furthermore present a comprehensive definition of flirting, highlighting playful transgression as a key feature. In our analysis we found that contestants make use of six vehicles to signal sexual and/or romantic interest, among these, sexual innuendo, self-praise and imagined future. While there are differences in the amount of the vehicles used by women and men, there seems to be no normative restriction in usage, meaning that both men and women use all six vehicles.

到目前为止，调情在语言学上还没有得到充分研究。它之所以成为一个有趣的现象，是因为它似乎没有固定的形式，但有一个明确的功能。因此，本文旨在通过调查美国相亲节目《爱是盲目的》中的调情现象来填补现有的研究空白。这种电视模式的特点是选手在约会的早期阶段没有视觉接触，它把重点放在促进婚姻上，以此作为节目的结果。与之前的研究相反，这个由语料库驱动的研究采用了自上而下的方法和手动数据编码，以便尽可能全面地了解这种实践。此外，我们提出了调情的一个全面的定义，突出好玩的越轨作为一个关键特征。在我们的分析中，我们发现参赛者使用六种方式来表达性和/或浪漫的兴趣，其中包括性暗示、自我表扬和想象的未来。虽然女性和男性使用车辆的数量有所不同，但在使用方面似乎没有规范的限制，这意味着男性和女性都使用所有六种车辆。

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Explicit and implicit compliments and compliment responses in German and Italian social networks 德语和意大利语社交网络中的显性和隐性赞美及赞美反应

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Journal of Pragmatics

Pub Date : 2026-01-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-07 DOI: 10.1016/j.pragma.2025.11.007

Miriam Ravetto

Compliment is a widely studied speech act, as the large number of investigations dealing with this topic shows. However, existing research has focused almost exclusively on explicit compliments, probably because they are more frequent than the implicit ones. Explicit compliments openly express a positive evaluation often through formulaic structures (Manes and Wolfson, 1981; Alfonzetti, 2009), while implicit compliments are those where hearers «need to infer the corresponding implicature for their interpretation» (Maíz-Arévalo, 2012:983).

The present investigation aims to examine and compare the use of these two types of compliments in a corpus of virtual exchanges in German and Italian social networks. The study focuses on explicit and implicit compliments, from both a qualitative and quantitative point of view, with a particular attention to the linguistic patterns used to express them in each language; then, referring to Castagneto and Ravetto's (2005) taxonomy it investigates the reactions of compliments' addressees, highlighting how these speech acts are perceived by German and Italian networkers. The analysis shows the use of a very narrow range of formulation strategies in both languages. Concerning the distribution of compliment response types, German and Italian online interactants manifest great similarities in the selection of the different compliment answers, preferring to accept the given appreciations rather than to reject or ignore them. Moreover, the corpus analysis reveals in both languages the tendency to accept implicit compliments more frequently and easily than the explicit ones.

大量的研究表明，赞美是一种被广泛研究的言语行为。然而，现有的研究几乎都集中在显性赞美上，可能是因为显性赞美比隐性赞美更频繁。外显赞美通常通过公式结构公开表达积极的评价（Manes和Wolfson, 1981; Alfonzetti, 2009），而内隐赞美则是听者“需要推断其解释的相应含义”（Maíz-Arévalo, 2012:983）。目前的调查旨在检查和比较这两种类型的恭维语在德国和意大利社交网络的虚拟交换语料库中的使用。本研究从定性和定量的角度着重于显性和隐性赞美，并特别注意在每种语言中用来表达它们的语言模式；然后，参考Castagneto和Ravetto（2005）的分类，它调查了赞美的接受者的反应，强调了这些言语行为是如何被德国和意大利的网络者感知的。分析表明，两种语言使用的提法策略范围很窄。在赞美回应类型的分布上，德语和意大利语在线互动者在选择不同的赞美答案上表现出很大的相似性，他们更倾向于接受给予的赞赏，而不是拒绝或忽视。此外，语料库分析还揭示了两种语言中隐性赞美比显性赞美更容易被接受的趋势。

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Restricting impoliteness: (Re)asserting morality in third-party mediation of Chinese interpersonal conflict 限制不礼貌：（再）中国人际冲突第三方调解中的道德主张

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Journal of Pragmatics

Pub Date : 2026-01-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-04 DOI: 10.1016/j.pragma.2025.11.004

Xiaoming Shang , Linlin Zhan , Chaoqun Xie

Although recent scholarship on impoliteness has experienced a ‘moral turn’, limited attention has been paid to the pivotal role of morality in third-party mediation. Drawing on data from the Chinese television program, Qiantang Lao Niangjiu 钱塘老娘舅 (The Maternal Uncle in Qiantang), this study examines how moral frameworks operate to constrain impoliteness in interpersonal conflicts. The analysis reveals that the absent audiences of television mediation programs function both as moral supervisors and as recipients of moral education, whose perceived existence discourages interactants from engaging in impoliteness. Moreover, third-party mediators frequently employ two interrelated strategies—invoking latent and non-latent forms of morality—to regulate conflictual discourse. These strategies work by reinforcing behavioral norms through moral appeals and eliciting emotional resonance through shared values. These findings underscore the distinctive influence of television as a mediated communicative environment and the irreplaceable role of morality in restricting impoliteness. More broadly, this study advances our understanding of the dynamic interplay among impoliteness, mediation, and morality in multi-party interaction.

尽管最近关于不礼貌的学术研究经历了“道德转向”，但人们对道德在第三方调解中的关键作用的关注有限。本研究利用中国电视节目《钱塘老娘娘学》的数据，探讨了道德框架如何在人际冲突中约束不礼貌行为。分析表明，电视调解节目中缺席的观众既是道德监督者，也是道德教育的接受者，他们的感知存在阻碍了互动者的不礼貌行为。此外，第三方调解人经常采用两种相互关联的策略——调用潜在的和非潜在的道德形式——来调节冲突话语。这些策略通过道德诉求来强化行为规范，通过共同价值观来引发情感共鸣。这些发现强调了电视作为媒介传播环境的独特影响，以及道德在限制不礼貌方面不可替代的作用。更广泛地说，本研究促进了我们对多方互动中不礼貌、调解和道德之间动态相互作用的理解。

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The generic use of the 1st-person singular ich ‘I’ in German oncological consultations: Managing demonstrated and anticipated trouble 第一人称单数“我”在德国肿瘤会诊中的通用用法：管理已证明的和预期的麻烦

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Journal of Pragmatics

Pub Date : 2026-01-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-02 DOI: 10.1016/j.pragma.2025.10.014

Dominic Hendricks

This article explores the interactional functions of the generic use of 1st-person singular ich ‘I’ in German oncological consultations. In these highly sensitive interactions, various types of trouble arise that doctors have to manage. In this context, trouble can refer to patient resistance to treatment recommendations, whether active or passive, as well as various forms of conduct that impinge upon the progressivity of the ongoing interaction. Following a review of the existing, albeit limited, research on generic uses of the 1st-person singular, I show how doctors employ generically used ich when managing these troubles in situ. Specifically, doctors either retrospectively address displayed trouble, for example, by accounting for their original treatment recommendation, or prospectively endeavor to pre-empt anticipated trouble on the part of their patients. Thus, the generic use of ich is closely related to the specific contingencies and affordances of oncological consultations. I argue that the generic use of ich provides a more involved and vivid reference form in contrast to the default German generic pronoun man ‘one’. This is due to its speaker-deictic semantic core, which leaves a trace of subjectivity within an otherwise generic scenario. However, the boundaries between a generic and a deictic interpretation remain fuzzy.

本文探讨了德国肿瘤会诊中第一人称单数“I”的通用用法的交互功能。在这些高度敏感的相互作用中，医生必须处理各种各样的问题。在这种情况下，麻烦可以指患者对治疗建议的抵抗，无论是主动的还是被动的，以及各种形式的影响正在进行的相互作用的进步性的行为。在回顾了现有的，尽管有限的，关于第一人称单数的通用用法的研究之后，我展示了医生如何在现场处理这些麻烦时使用通用的ich。具体来说，医生要么回顾性地处理显示的麻烦，例如，通过解释他们最初的治疗建议，要么前瞻性地努力预防患者预期的麻烦。因此，ich的一般使用与肿瘤会诊的具体突发事件和负担密切相关。我认为ich的一般用法提供了一种更复杂和生动的参考形式，而不是默认的德语一般代词man ‘ one ’。这是由于它的说话人指示语义核心，这在一个一般的场景中留下了主观性的痕迹。然而，一般解释和指示解释之间的界限仍然模糊。

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