变异语用学视角下英美赞美反馈语对比研究

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1、学校代码：10172研究类型：基础研究学号：156110129中图分类号：大连外国语大学硕士学位论文题目:变异语用学视角下英美赞美反馈语对比研究培养学院（系、所）：英语学院学科专业:英语语言文学研究生姓名:史天云指导教师姓名及职称:刘风光教授论文答辩时间:2018年5月20日DALIANUNIVERSITYOFFOREIGNLANGUAGESACONTRASTIVESTUDYOFAMERICANANDBRITISHCOMPLIMENTRESPONSESFROMTHEPERSPECTIVEOFVARIATIONALPRAGMATICSATHESISSUBMITTEDTOTHESCHOOLO

2、FENGLISHSTUDIESINPARTIALFULFILLMENTOFTHEREQUIREMENTSFORTHEDEGREEOFMASTEROFARTSBYSHITIANYUNMAY2018ABSTRACTComplimentasapolitespeechactwithhighusagefrequencyhasalwaysbeenahotissueinpragmaticsandsociolinguistics.Moreover,complimentresponses,astheadjacencypairofcomplimentshaveincreasinglyattractedsch

3、olars’attentioninrecentyears.TheexistingstudiesmainlyinvestigatethediscrepanciesofcomplimentresponsesbetweenChineseandEnglish.LittleattentionhasbeenpaidtothepragmaticdifferencesofcomplimentresponsesamongEnglish-speakingcountries.Thecurrentstudy,therefore,proposesarealizationframeworkofcomplimentr

4、esponsesinlightofVerschueren’sadaptationtheory.Basedonthedataofcomplimentresponsesby12guestspeakersrespectivelyfromAmericanandBritishTVShowsandHolmes’scategoriesoncomplimentresponses,thestudytranscribed,tagged,describedandexplainedthedatatomakeacomprehensiveanalysisofcomplimentresponses,usingboth

5、quantitativeandqualitativemethodstoexploreBritishandAmericancomplimentresponsestrategies,thesimilaritiesanddifferencesbetweenAmericanandBritishcomplimentresponsespeechacts,andthepotentialfactorsaccountingforthedifferencesfromsocialandculturalperspectives.Themajorfindingsofthisstudyareasfollows:(1

6、)AmongHolmes’complimentresponsestrategies,RequestassuranceorrepetitionandQuestionaccuracystrategiesasriskystrategiesarenotusedequallybybothBritishandAmericanrecipients.(2)Atthemacrolevel,AmericanandBritishcomplimentresponsesareremarkablysimilar.Thepreferenceofcomplimentresponsestrategiesisrealize

7、dintheorderofacceptance,avoidanceandrejection.Inotherwords,thetwogroupsbothpreferAcceptstrategythemost,Deflect/EvadethesecondandRejectstrategytheleast;however,BritishcelebritiesusefewerAcceptstrategies,andmoreEvadeandR