an analysis of the differences in appellation between china and britain

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1、AnAnalysisoftheDifferencesinAppellationbetweenChinaandBritain　　【Abstract】Appellationisthetermthatpeopleaddresseachother.Itreflectsaperson’sidentityindifferentconversationenvironment.SinceappellationinChinaandBritainbelongtodifferentaddressingsystemsandhasdifferentus

2、ages，theall-sidedunderstandingofthedifferencesinitbetweenChinaandBritainisofvitalimportanceinanysuccessfulinterculturalcommunication.ThispaperwillgiveageneraldiscussionaboutthedifferencesinseveraltypesofappellationbetweenChinaandEngland.What’smore，thereasonsfordiffe

3、renceswillalsobediscussed.　　【Keywords】appellation；differences；China；England　　I.Introduction　　Inhumansociety，appellationembodiesaparticularperson’sidentityinaspecificinterpersonalrelationshipnetwork.Alsoitreflectstherelationshipbetweenpeopleinacertainsocietyorspecifi

4、clanguageenvironment.AccordingtoCrystal，addressformsare“Thetermsusedtorefertosomeindirectlinguisticinteractions.”（Crystal，1980）.“Addressformsarethewordsspeakersusetodesignatethepersonwhiletheyaretalkingtothem.”（Fasold，2000）.Appellationistheproductofaparticularcultur

5、eandistheculturalsymbolininterpersonalrelationship.Differentculturalsystems，culturalviewsandculturalmentalitiesendowtheappellationwordswithdifferentsemanticcontents.　　II.Classificationonaddressforms　　Addresstermisawordusedtoaddresssomebodyinspeech.Thewayinwhichpeopl

6、eaddressothersdependsonage，sex，socialstatusandinterpersonalrelationships.Generally，appellationcanbedividedintosevengroups.　　（1）Generaladdressing　　InEnglish，therearemanytermsthatareusedtoaddresssomeonewithoutconsideringage，professionaltitles，genderorotherfactors.This

7、isusuallycalledgeneraladdressing，forexample，“Mr.，Mrs.，Ms.，Miss.，Sir.”andetc.InChinese，wealsohave“先生，女士，夫人”andetc.Thisgroupcanonlycarrylimitedinformationaboutthepersontowhomyouarespeaking.AndtheEnglishformisnotalwaysapplicableinChineseinsomecases.　　（2）Addressingbypro

8、fessionaltitle　　Thismeansusingprofessionaltitletoaddresssomeone.Whenitcomestotheprofessionaltitle，theaddressformsinEnglisharedifferentfrom