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3.2Comments accepting McGregor said ‘It’s only business’ in the corpus studied
4.1Expressions in the case study which gain deferential meaning in the ritual context
8.1Occurrences of the ritual frame indicating expression ‘duibuqi’ across different interpersonal scenarios
8.2Occurrences of the ritual frame indicating expression ‘duibuqi’ across standard situations and interpersonal scenarios
8.3Occurrences of the ritual frame indicating expression ‘sorry’ across different interpersonal scenarios
8.4Occurrences of the ritual frame indicating expression RFIE ‘sorry’ across standard situations and interpersonal scenarios
8.5Comparing standard situations in the Chinese and English corpora
8.6The number of non-speech act-anchored uses of the ritual frame indicating expression ‘duibuqi’ in the Chinese corpus
8.7The number of non-speech act-anchored uses of the ritual frame indicating expression ‘sorry’ in the English corpus
9.2Types and frequency of ritual frame indicating expressions in the corpus
9.4The frequency with which ancient sources were quoted in the corpus
9.5The size of the sections of the Book of Odes quoted in admonishing
10.1The pragmatic features of self-denigrating expressions in the first corpus: A quantitative summary
10.2The pragmatic features of self-denigrating expressions in the second corpus: A quantitative summary
10.3The pragmatic features of self-denigrating expressions in the third corpus: A quantitative summary
10.4The pragmatic features of self-denigrating expressions in the three corpora of the case study: A quantitative summary