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Pragmatics, Politeness, And Chinese Politeness -- Hierarchy And Harmony: Roots Of Chinese Face And Politeness -- Chinese Face -- Chinese Politeness And Theories Of Politeness -- Synchronic Consistency And Variation -- Diachronic Stability And Change -- In Comparison With East Asian Languages -- In Comparison With English: An East-west Divide? -- Politeness Theories. Rong Chen, California State University, San Bernardino. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Electronic Reproduction. Cambridge Available Via World Wide Web.