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1、.AstudyofgenderdifferencesincomplimentsandcomplimentresponsesinChinesecontextAbstractComplimentsareverycommonbothinEnglishandChinesecontexts,whichareservedtoincreaseorconsolidatethesolidaritybetweenthespeakerandaddressee(Holmes,1988).Thispaperexaminesthedifferencesbetweenwomen’sandmen’
2、scomplimentingandcomplimentrespondingbehaviors,exploringthefunctionofthepositivespeechactsontheonehandaspositivestrategiesandontheotheraspotentiallyfacethreateningorsavingacts.Usinganopen-endedquestionnaireof120Chinesecollegesophomores,thepaperprovidesananalysisconcerningthecompliments
3、andcomplimentresponsesbetweenthesamegendersandthedifferentgenders.Firstly,thecomplimentstrategiesandtopicscharacterizingthecomplimentsoffemaleandmaleChinesecollegestudentsaredescribed.-..Secondly,thecomplimentformulae,aswellasthegenderofcomplimentersandcomplimenteesareexamined.Thirdly,
4、complimentresponsesarecategorizedaccordingtotypesofstrategies,inadditiontotheresponders’sex.Thefindingsarerelatedtothehypothesisthattherearesignificantdifferencesbetweenwomenandmenintheirrealizationpatternsofcomplimentsandcomplimentresponses,andtothereasonsoftheexistinggenderdifference
5、sinlanguageusing.Thestatisticalresultsshowthat,generallyspeaking,thereexistsignificantdifferencesbetweenmenandwomenwhentheycomplimentorrespondtocomplimentsfromothers.Forthefirstpart,womentendtousemoreExplicitComplimentsthanmendo,whilementendtoapplymoreImplicitCompliments,orchoosetoopto
6、ut.Forthesecond,menandwomenalsoshowslightdifferenceinusingcomplimentformulas.Womentendtousemoreadjectives,whereasmentendtoapplymorenouns.Forthethird,asforcomplimentresponsestrategiesbetweenmenandwomen,womentendtoapplymoreacceptancethanmen,whilemorementendtoavoidit.Therefore,ourformerhy
7、pothesiscanbetruethattheredoexistsignificantrelationshipbetweengenderandtherealizationpatternsofthisspeechact.Thereasonwhymenandwomendifferinlanguageuseisthat-..theyoftenfilldifferentrolesinsociety,evenintheirfamilies.Men’sdominantpositioninsocietyleadsthemtousemoreassertivespeechsty