@article{248f2f97a95249ee81b18ad5a6288aaf,
title = "Politeness as signs of difference: Semiotic differentiation and identity among Taiwanese in China",
abstract = "This study examines a prevalent discourse on Taiwanese politeness as part and parcel of identity and ideological work among Taiwanese residing in China. Using as data spontaneous discussions about politeness in interviews and online forum posts that evaluate politeness, this study explores how politeness is taken up as a sign to index Taiwan–China differences and how identity is simultaneously constructed throughout this ideological work, focusing on the succession of semiotic differentiations within or across talks and texts. Throughout this process, various qualitative contrasts are made and grouped by the soft/hard schema, and differentiation between Taiwan and China is constructed. The study also considers relevant historical and social conditions and explores how the complex Taiwan–China relations may give rise to the prevalence of such a discourse.",
keywords = "identity, language ideology, metapragmatics, politeness, semiotics, Taiwan–China relations",
author = "Su, {Hsi Yao}",
note = "Funding Information: The research presented here was supported by the Ministry of Science and Technology, Republic of China (Taiwan), project numbers MOST103‐2410‐H‐003‐139‐ and MOST 104‐2410‐H‐003‐053‐. Special thanks go to research assistants Sally Yu‐Ching Chen and Amber Yi‐Fang Wong for their help in online data collection and to my interviewees who kindly shared their observations with me. I would also like to thank Shumin Lin, Mie Hiramoto, Andrew Wong, Qing Zhang, former Editor‐in‐Chief Monica Heller, Editor‐in‐Chief Sari Pietik{\"a}inen, Associate Editor Pedro de Moraes Garcez, and anonymous reviewers for their insightful comments on the previous drafts of this paper. All errors remain my own. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2022 The Authors. Journal of Sociolinguistics published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.",
year = "2022",
doi = "10.1111/josl.12585",
language = "English",
journal = "Journal of Sociolinguistics",
issn = "1360-6441",
publisher = "Wiley-Blackwell",
}