Grace Zhang is Professor in the School of Education at Curtin University, Australia.  Vahid Parvaresh is Senior Lecturer in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at Anglia Ruskin University, UK.

“This empirical data-rich book provides a helpful contribution to the field of cross-cultural pragmatics … . It succeeds in deepening readers’ understanding of the linguistic features of EL … . Its exploration into the speech acts of persuasion and comforting enriches the study of language elasticity. The evidence-based findings of the book bring far-reaching insights … . Those who take an interest in contrastive pragmatics, language stretching, VL/EL, and cross-cultural communication will find the book valuable and beneficial.” (Shuangshuang Lu, Journal of Pragmatics, Vol. 187, 2022)

• Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Theoretical Foundations.- Chapter 3: Methodology.- Chapter 4: Elastic Language in the Chinese Data.- Chapter 5: Elastic Language in the English Data.- Chapter 6: Comparison Between the Chinese and English Findings.- Chapter 7: Elastic Language and Impact Factors.- Chapter 8: Conclusions.

Grace Zhang is Professor in the School of Education at Curtin University, Australia.  Vahid Parvaresh is Senior Lecturer in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at Anglia Ruskin University, UK.

“This empirical data-rich book provides a helpful contribution to the field of cross-cultural pragmatics … . It succeeds in deepening readers’ understanding of the linguistic features of EL … . Its exploration into the speech acts of persuasion and comforting enriches the study of language elasticity. The evidence-based findings of the book bring far-reaching insights … . Those who take an interest in contrastive pragmatics, language stretching, VL/EL, and cross-cultural communication will find the book valuable and beneficial.” (Shuangshuang Lu, Journal of Pragmatics, Vol. 187, 2022)

• Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Theoretical Foundations.- Chapter 3: Methodology.- Chapter 4: Elastic Language in the Chinese Data.- Chapter 5: Elastic Language in the English Data.- Chapter 6: Comparison Between the Chinese and English Findings.- Chapter 7: Elastic Language and Impact Factors.- Chapter 8: Conclusions.

Grace Zhang is Professor in the School of Education at Curtin University, Australia.  Vahid Parvaresh is Senior Lecturer in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at Anglia Ruskin University, UK.

“This empirical data-rich book provides a helpful contribution to the field of cross-cultural pragmatics … . It succeeds in deepening readers’ understanding of the linguistic features of EL … . Its exploration into the speech acts of persuasion and comforting enriches the study of language elasticity. The evidence-based findings of the book bring far-reaching insights … . Those who take an interest in contrastive pragmatics, language stretching, VL/EL, and cross-cultural communication will find the book valuable and beneficial.” (Shuangshuang Lu, Journal of Pragmatics, Vol. 187, 2022)

• Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Theoretical Foundations.- Chapter 3: Methodology.- Chapter 4: Elastic Language in the Chinese Data.- Chapter 5: Elastic Language in the English Data.- Chapter 6: Comparison Between the Chinese and English Findings.- Chapter 7: Elastic Language and Impact Factors.- Chapter 8: Conclusions.