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ERIC Number: EJ496416
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1994
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ISSN: ISSN-0835-1813
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Debt-Repaying Mechanism in Chinese Relationships: An Exploration of the Folk Concepts of "Pao" and Human Emotional Debt.
Chang, Hui-Ching; Holt, G. Richard
Research on Language and Social Interaction, v27 n4 p351-87 1994
Explores the mechanisms of "pao" and human emotional debt underlying Chinese human relationships through interviews with 55 Chinese in Taiwan. The definition, recompensation, minimization, and manipulation of human emotional debt and the linguistic code by which relations can be made closer or more distant following the principles of "pao" are discussed. (27 references) (LR)
Descriptors: Chinese Culture, Confucianism, Cultural Traits, Emotional Response, Foreign Countries, Human Relations, Interpersonal Relationship, Non Western Civilization, Social Behavior, Taoism
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Taiwan
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