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Through the discussion of the formation of the Chinese social structure as well as perspective and methodology, we can see that one specific method for understanding Chinese society is very effective for the practical study of the Chinese people – language analysis.
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In the West, Chomsky's Language and Psychology (Chinese version, Bei**g: Huaxia Press, 1989) has the most systematic discussion; in China it is discussed well in Lei Ting, “The ‘Self’ and ‘I’ of the Chinese People: The Metaphysical and the Material, New Theories and Psychology,” in Chinese People, Chinese Heart: Personality and Society, ed. Yang Zhongfang. Taipei: Yuanliu Publishing Company, 1991.
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Giles (1985), p. 783.
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Discourse, Psychology and Society. Bei**g: Zhonghua Book Company, 1993, preface to Chinese translation, p. 4.
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See Qingshan (1995).
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See Garfinkel (1967).
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See Eberhard (1990).
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Shi (1992).
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Goffman (1989), p. 2.
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Zhai, X. (2022). Language Analysis: A Research Method that Cannot Be Ignored. In: The Logic of Chinese Behaviors. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-2464-4_3
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