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1、AContrastiveAnalysisofPolitenessinEnglishandChinese I.IntroductionWhenwecommunicatewithotherpeople，weshouldhavetoobeyalotofmannerswhichhaverootedinourdailylife.Ifnot,therewillappearmanymisunderstandings.Everynationhasitspoliteness.Chinaisfamousforitsmanners.Peopleused
2、ifferentpolitenessindifferentsituations.Weshouldsaypolitenessisadrivingforceinourcommunicationwithpeoplearoundus.Childrenreceiveeducationinschoolinordertohaveagoodmanner.Sowecanseethatpolitenessisaveryimportantlanguageart. Peoplefromdifferentregionsmayhavedifferentman
3、ners,thustheycouldencounterdifficultiesintheircommunication.Itisthesameastheyhavedifferentdialectsandcustoms.Chinaisabigcountry.Wehave56kindsofpeople.Howtomakethisbigfamilyunitedtogether.Theonlywayistorespectthecustomsofeachother.Thus,wecanhaveapeacefulsociety.Asthede
4、velopmentofourcountry,theinternationalismisbecomingmoreandmorerapidly.Alotofnewelementscomeintoourcountry.Weneedtocommunicatewithpeopleoftheworld.Theyhavetheirownattitudestowardsthingswhichmaybealittlebitdifferentortotallydifferentwithus.Ifwedonotunderstandthecustomso
5、fthem,absolutely,wewillhavealotofdifficultiesinthisprocess.Sometimes,wearelikelytounderstandonethinginourownperspective.Today,abetterunderstandingofpeoplewhocomefromotherculturesisveryimportant.Especiallyinthecross-culturecommunication.Thisarticleiswrittentodrawaconcl
6、usionaboutdifferencesofpolitenessbetweenChineseandEnglishfromdifferentperspectives. II.LiteraturereviewonPolitenessinChineseandEnglishWhatispolitenessprinciple?Leechformulates“politenessprinciple”orPPforshort,tryingtoremedyGrice’sCooperativePrinciple(CP)whichispresume
7、dtobeunabletointerpretwhy,forinstance,peoplearepronetouseindirectwaysofsayingthings.ToLeech,itispolitenessthatmotivatesit.Socialactslikecompetitive(ordering,asking,begging,etc.)demandpolitenessfarmorethanotherkindslikeconvivialandcollaborative,becausetheformermakesath
8、reattotheaudience’sface,ornegativeface.Variouspolitenessstrategiesthusareemployedtomitigatetheface–threateningpower.Accordin
