Displaying entitlement in sister talk: Invoking affection and third-party authority in guan sequences
Discourse Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal for the Study of Text and Talk
Published online on December 29, 2025
Abstract
Discourse Studies, Ahead of Print.
This study examines four interactional episodes between two sisters (aged 20 and 10) in a Chinese-Australian family, where one takes action toguan– to intervene in and manage – the other’s (mis)behaviour in the absence of their parents. Drawing on ...
This study examines four interactional episodes between two sisters (aged 20 and 10) in a Chinese-Australian family, where one takes action toguan– to intervene in and manage – the other’s (mis)behaviour in the absence of their parents. Drawing on ...