Blurb:

Endo’s chapter examines the sentential positions and functions of a Chinese expression wo juede 我覺得 (‘I think’) and its relation to the epistemic stance that speakers take in conversation. By analysing two major interactional features of Chinese communication, namely, the ways in which the Chinese express personal views and in which they take epistemic stances in interaction, Endo demonstrates how Chinese speakers modulate social relation with their interlocutors by alternating the positions of wo juede 我覺得 (‘I think’) in conversation.