Xianming Fang

Biographic Data

ID6489979
NAMEXianming Fang
GIVEN NAMESXianming
FAMILY NAMEFang
SIGNATUREFANG X
AFFILIATIONSFuzhou University
ORCID0000-0003-0714-5475
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS3
TOTAL CITATIONS1
WORKS AS AUTHOR3
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2024
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX1

  • Perceptions of refusals with explanations

    Open AccessXianming Fang, Jie ZhaoARTICLEJournal of Pragmatics2026

  • A closer look at explanations in refusals

    Open AccessXianming Fang, Jie ZhaoARTICLEJournal of Politeness Research2026References: 14

    This study investigates the complex role of explanations in refusal strategies, focusing specifically on the themes, attributional dimensions, and contextual variations in Chinese speakers’ refusal explanations. Despite their prevalence and recognized importance in refusal research, explanations have often been analyzed as a uniform strategy without exploring their internal variations or underlying logic. Drawing on attribution theory and rapport…

  • Making refusals via English as a lingua franca

    Open AccessXianming FangARTICLEJournal of Pragmatics2024Cited by: 1References: 14

    This study investigates the speech act of refusals in the context of English as a lingua franca (ELF), with a focus on the strategies, internal modifications, and preference organization of refusals. Fifteen Chinese speakers of English and 15 Indonesian English speakers engaged in dyadic role-plays involving requests and refusals. Results show that when rejecting requests proposed by the Indonesian participants, Chinese English speakers heavily u…