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, Volume 28, Issue 4, Page 635-656, August 2026.
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 ...