Keiko Todo
Biographic Data
| ID | 6795930 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Keiko Todo |
| GIVEN NAMES | Keiko |
| FAMILY NAME | Todo |
| SIGNATURE | TODO K |
| AFFILIATIONS | ELTE Research Centre for Linguistics |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
“Why are you speaking Chinese so well?”: A pragmatic study of compliments on foreigners’ Chinese proficiency
Compliments on the Chinese proficiency of L2 learners has been reported to be ambivalent, often triggering negative evaluations. In the present study, we aim to explore the pragmatic reasons behind this ambivalence. First, we examine an online corpus of etic comments on Chinese L2-related complimenting, alongside a corpus of interviews conducted with expert L2 speakers of Chinese. Through this step, we hope to systematically capture how learners …
Revisiting the binary view of honorifics in politeness research
In this paper, we revisit the popular assumption that politeness in languages such as Japanese and Korean with a complex honorific system is crucially different from politeness in languages with no comparably rich honorific repertoires, such as Chinese. We propose a bottom–up, contrastive and corpus-based model through which we challenge this binary view. This model combines interaction ritual and speech acts. As a case study, we compare a set of…
Language Learning, Gender and Desire: Japanese Women on the Move Kimie Takahashi (2013) Bristol: Channel View Publications, 200pp
Revisiting the binary view of honorifics in politeness research
In this paper, we revisit the popular assumption that politeness in languages such as Japanese and Korean with a complex honorific system is crucially different from politeness in languages with no comparably rich honorific repertoires, such as Chinese. We propose a bottom–up, contrastive and corpus-based model through which we challenge this binary view. This model combines interaction ritual and speech acts. As a case study, we compare a set of…
Language Learning, Gender and Desire: Japanese Women on the Move Kimie Takahashi (2013) Bristol: Channel View Publications, 200pp
Revisiting the binary view of honorifics in politeness research
In this paper, we revisit the popular assumption that politeness in languages such as Japanese and Korean with a complex honorific system is crucially different from politeness in languages with no comparably rich honorific repertoires, such as Chinese. We propose a bottom–up, contrastive and corpus-based model through which we challenge this binary view. This model combines interaction ritual and speech acts. As a case study, we compare a set of…
“Why are you speaking Chinese so well?”: A pragmatic study of compliments on foreigners’ Chinese proficiency
Compliments on the Chinese proficiency of L2 learners has been reported to be ambivalent, often triggering negative evaluations. In the present study, we aim to explore the pragmatic reasons behind this ambivalence. First, we examine an online corpus of etic comments on Chinese L2-related complimenting, alongside a corpus of interviews conducted with expert L2 speakers of Chinese. Through this step, we hope to systematically capture how learners …
Multilingual Education and Policy (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (2 works) · Applied linguistics (1 works) · Channel (broadcasting (1 works) · Developmental psychology (1 works) · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies (1 works) · Emic and etic (1 works) · Gender Studies (1 works) · Gender Studies (1 works)