Chris Shei studied at Taiwan, Cambridge and Edinburgh and has worked at Swansea University since 2003. He teaches and researches in linguistics and translation studies and is particularly interested in the use of computer and web resources for linguistic research, language education and translating. He is the General Editor for two new Routledge series: Routledge Studies in Chinese Discourse Analysis and Routledge Studies in Chinese Translation.

'... the handbook showcases the latest quality studies of contemporary Chinese discourse, providing a comprehensive and systematic discussion of research approaches (mainly qualitative methodologies), language features of and the social functions constructed in various genres and through various channels in the Chinese contexts, as well as their conventions and norms of practice. Making an important contribution to the field of Chinese discourse studies, the handbook will certainly play a strong role to inspire more research studies in this area. As such, it is of interest to both students and scholars who work in the area of discourse and communication studies of Chinese language, society and culture.' - Yuan ke Li, School of Foreign Studies, South China Normal University, P.R. China, Discourse Studies, 2019, Vol. 21(6) 734–736

• List of figuresList of tablesList of contributorsIntroduction: Discourse Analysis in the Chinese ContextChris SheiPart I. Approaches to Chinese discourse1 Chinese conversation analysis Kang-Kwong Luke2 Critical analysis of Chinese discourse Weixiao Wei3 Sociolinguistic approaches to Chinese discourse Wei Wang4 Analyzing Multimodal Chinese Discourse: Integrating Social Semiotic and Conceptual Metaphor Theories William Dezheng FengPart II. Grammatical aspect of Chinese discourse5 Conceptual word order principles and Mandarin Chinese grammar Anna Morbiato6 Grammatical constructions and Chinese discourse Zhuo Jing-Schmidt7 Between factuality and counterfactuality: Chinese conditionals in conversationsYu-Fang Wang and Wayne Schams8 Information structure in Chinese discourse Yu-Yin HsuPart III. Linguistic elements in Chinese discourse9 Personal pronouns in Chinese discourse Xuehua Xiang10 Aspect in Chinese narrative Wendan Li11 The use of modal verbs in political debates Maria Cheng12 Zero anaphora and topic chain in Chinese discourse Ming-Ming PuPart IV. Pragmatic aspect of Chinese discourse13 Politeness and impoliteness in Chinese discourse Dániel Z. Kádár14 Pragmatic markers in Chinse discourse Guangwu Feng15 The Grammaticalization of Stance Markers in ChineseFoong Ha Yap and Winnie Chor16 Language, Gesture, and MeaningKawai ChuiPart V. Cognitive aspect of Chinese discourse17 The Psycholinguistics of Chinese Discourse ProcessingChien-Jer Charles Lin18 The neurocognitive processing of Chinese discourse Chiao-Yi Wu and Shen-Hsing Annabel Chen19 Language impairment in Chinese discourseYi-hsiu Lai and Yu-te Lin 20 Discourse, Gender and Psychologization in Contemporary China Jie YangPart VI. Genres of Chinese discourse21 Chinese Business CommunicationJiayi Wang22 Chinese workplace discourse: politeness strategies and power dynamics Vincent X. Wang23 Legal discourse studies in the Chinese contextZhengrui Han and Yunfeng Ge24 Authoritative classroom discourse: The abuse of power in a Chinese classroomWang Bo and Ma YuanyiPart VII. Chinese discourse on social media25 The Discourse of Chinese Social Media: The Case of Weibo Eileen Le Han26 Chinese Censorship of Online Discourse Juha A. Vuori and Lauri Paltemaa27 Don’t talk back to your father – Online anti-Taiwanese independence nationalist discourse Ane Bislev28 Rescuing Authoritarian Rule: The Anti-Gongzhi Discourse in Chinese CyberspaceRongbin Han and Linan JiaPart VIII. Identity, Ideology and control in Chinese discourse29 Discursive Construction of National and Political Identities in China Qing Cao30 Ideological patterns in Chinese state media narratives concerning issues of security and sovereignty Lutgard Lams31 The Cultural Governance of China’s Mass Media EventsFlorian Schneider32 Identity construction in Chinese discourse Cheng-Tuan LiPart IX. Chinese discourse and language technology33 Development of Computation Models for Chinese Discourse Analysis Hen-Hsen Huang and Hsin-Hsi Chen34 Chinese spoken dialogue system Chung-Hsien Wu and Ming-Hsiang Su35 Corpus Stylistics and Chinese Literary Discourses: A Comparative Study of Four Novels by Shen Congwen and Chang EileenZhao-Ming Gao36 Tracking Collective Sentiment in Chinese Finance-related Discourse Samuel W.K. ChanPart X. The diversity of Chinese discourse37 Code-switching in Singapore Mandarin Cher Leng Lee38 Studies in Cantonese discourse: Two examples John C. Wakefield39 An Introduction to Taiwan Hakka: Focusing on its Sounds, Morph-Syntax and Social Background Huei-ling Lai40 The Dynamics of Southern Min in Taiwan: From Southern Min dialects to Taigi"Hui-lu Khoo (Hui-ju Hsu)Part XI. The application of Chinese discourse analysis41 Discourse analysis in Chinese interpreting and translation studies Binhua Wang42 Discourse analysis for Chinese language teaching Julia Renner43 Critical Cultural Discourse Analysis: A Case Study of Chinese Official Discourse on Civil SocietyRunya Qiaoan44 A discourse analysis of Macau chefs’ accounts of job craftingTing Wu