My hypothesis is that certain face threatening acts (FTAs) may be more easily identifiable in the context of entertainment, since the onus for understanding and accommodating the speaker's intended meaning may differ. The application of linguistic theory to the context of workplace discourse is not...
【题目】One of the purposes of children's slang(俚语) 【1】(be) to stop adults from being able to understand what they’re saying. Obviously, the strategy works. Recent research shows that 【2】majority of adults can’t translate the meaning of common slang. In a survey of 4,5000 peop...
These wells were installed as part of engineering studies for construction and rehabilitation of campus buildings, and through their use in laboratory exercises, undergraduate students developed valuable, field-based insight into the physical meaning of environmental science, mathematical models of ground...
The paper-cuts are also used to decorate doors and windows, and therefore they are sometimes referred to as "chuāng huā", meaning Window Flower. Paper-cuts are chiefly used as decorations. However, today, Chinese paper-cuts are also used for religious and ceremonial purposes, an...