资源描述：
《a comparative study of english- chinese compliments 英语专业毕业论文》由会员上传分享，免费在线阅读，更多相关内容在学术论文-天天文库。
1、AComparativeStudyofEnglish-ChineseComplimentsAbstract:Theconversationalmodeofthecomplimentandresponsefeatureswithadjacencystructureandexhibitscertainregularities,namely,complimentandresponseareintheformofpairsandmutuallyinfluenced.Duetodifferentlanguageusingenviron
2、mentandculturalbackgroundbetweenEnglishandChinese,suchconversationalmodedemonstratesgreatdifferencesonconcreteoccasion.Thispaperattemptstoexplorethepragmaticdifferencesfromtheaspectsofcomplimentingtopicsandoccasions,formofcomplimentingandtheresponsetocompliment,thu
3、srevealingsomeculturalcharacteristicsbetweenwesternandChineseculturetofacilitatecross-culturalcommunication.KeyWords:Compliment;responses;DifferencesbetweenwesternandChineseculture;Cross-cultural;CommunicationⅠ.IntroductionItisuniversallyrecognizedthatlanguageisasc
4、ientificsystemontheonehandandasocialactivityontheother.Thoughlanguageisactualizedthroughthemindandthemouthoftheindividual,weshouldalsoseethefactthatonenotonlyspeaksbutalsospeakstoothers.Whenonehastheneedtogetincontactwithanotherperson,communicationisboundtooccur,an
5、dlanguageisthebesttooltofacilitatecommunication.Deprivedofcommunication,societywouldhavenevercomeintoexistenceorwouldhaveceasedtoexist.Deprivedofsociety,theneedforlanguageisalsohardlyjustified.Inthissense,languageformsthemajorlinkbetweentheindividualandsociety,thel
6、anguageofcompliment,asakindofactualcommunicationlanguage,isofgreatsignificanceinpeople’sdailylife.Itsformulavariesinrespectofage,sex,status,education,andpersonality,amongotherthings.TextⅠ.ThetheoreticalprincipleandthesimpleformulaofcomplimentGenerallyspeaking,peopl
7、einGreatBritainandtheUnitedStatesattachmuchimportancetothefunctionofthelanguageofpraise.Theyarealwayspleasedtohearwordsofpraiseintheirpresence,andarewillingtopraiseothersaswell.TheBritishLinguistGeoffreyLeechadvancedsixprinciplesconcerningpolitenessbasedonBritishcu
8、lture,threeofwhichisabouttheprincipleofpraise,namely,tominimizetheuseofcriticismtowardotherswhilecomplimentingthemasmuchaspossible.Anotherlinguis
