ABSTRACT
In this chapter, I summarize the influence of context on the research findings in the fields of Chinese (im)politeness and EMF pragmatics. I manifest the interdependence of the specific context of mundane conversations, the practice of extended concurrent speech for strong disagreement, and the perceptions of the (in)appropriateness of the communicative acts of disagreement and overlapping. I also discuss the theoretical, methodological, and pedagogical implications of this book, and suggest some future research directions along these lines.
