Criticising as a disciplinary action: A problem for learners of Chinese as a foreign language?

• Published in: International journal of applied linguistics 2023-11, Vol.33 (3), p.508-523
• Main Authors: Liu, Fengguang, Shi, Wenrui, Kádár, Dániel Z., House, Juliane
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Chinese as a second language; Chinese languages; Classroom communication; Edmondson, Willis (1940-2009); School discipline; Second language learning; Speech acts
• ISSN: 0802-6106; 1473-4192
• DOI: 10.1111/ijal.12515

In this study, we examine how criticising as a disciplinary action is conventionally realised in Chinese classroom contexts. By so doing, we provide a two‐fold contribution to the current special issue dedicated to Willis Edmondson. First, we examine criticising in an innovative way, by going beyond its traditional interpretation as a speech act, that is, we approach it as an interactional phenomenon which is conventionally realised by a cluster of expressions and speech acts. Second, we propose a bipartite approach to examine why and how instances of criticism as a disciplinary action in Chinese may puzzle foreign learners of Chinese. 本研究关注课堂语境中, 作为一种规范行为的汉语批评的规约实现形式, 旨在为威利斯·埃德蒙森的研究做出以下贡献。首先, 我们以创新的方式研究批评, 即未将其视为一种言语行为, 而是一种互动现象, 是由一系列词和言语行为共同实现的规约形式。其次, 我们提出了双重分析的研究方法, 以阐释汉语批评现象是为何以及如何对汉语作为外语的学习者造成困惑的。