Cross-cultural pragmatic analysis of evasion strategy at Chinese and American regular press conferences - with special reference to the North Korean nuclear issue

Autores

  • Dou Weilin University of International Business and Economy
  • Zhang Xiaoying University of International Business and Economy

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1808-0820.cali.2007.65490

Palavras-chave:

evasion strategy, cross-cultural pragmatics, North Korean nuclear issue, regular press conferences.

Resumo

Press conferences of different countries can be perceived from a cross-cultural pragmatic perspective. This study investigated evasion strategies employed by Chinese and American spokespersons in the routine press conferences held by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China and the US Department of State to sidestep challenging questions from aggressive journalists on the issue of North Korean Nuclear during the period of 4 months in 2006. Evasion can be categorized into two types: overt evasion and covert evasion. Findings demonstrated that: 1) Evasion strategy was the frequently adopted strategy by both Chinese and American spokespersons; 2) comparatively speaking, the American spokesperson turns to overt evasion strategy more often while the Chinese spokesperson adopts covert evasion strategy more frequently. 3) the differences of evasion strategies used by Chinese and American spokespersons largely lie in their different verbal styles typical of their respective national characteristics in protecting different national interests.

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Biografia do Autor

  • Dou Weilin, University of International Business and Economy
    Currently serving as an assistant professor in the School of International Studies, University of International Business and Economy, located in Beijing as a key university directly under the administration of Ministry of
    Education of China.
  • Zhang Xiaoying, University of International Business and Economy
    M.A. at East China Normal University (in Shanghai). His academic research area mainly lies in cross-cultural comunication and so far has had three books published in this area and over twenty articles carried in key journals both home and abroad.

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Publicado

2007-08-27

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Cross-cultural pragmatic analysis of evasion strategy at Chinese and American regular press conferences - with special reference to the North Korean nuclear issue. (2007). Caligrama (São Paulo. Online), 3(2). https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1808-0820.cali.2007.65490