A Study of Pragmatic Failure in Cross-cultural Communication ——from the Perspective of Politeness 英语专业毕业论文

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1、AStudyofPragmaticFailureinCross-culturalCommunication——fromthePerspectiveofPolitenessABSTRACTPragmaticfailureisoneofthemainsourcesthatgiverisetocross-culturalcommunicationbreakdowns.DuetothedifferentinterpretationsofpolitenessbetweenChineseandEnglishcultures,

2、pragmaticfailuresoftenexistincross-culturalcommunications,resultingincommunicationbreakdowns.ThispaperfocusesonastudyofpolitenessinitsmanifestationsinChineseandEnglishcultures.Itprovidesbasictheoriesofpoliteness,cross-culturalcommunicationandcross-culturalpra

3、gmaticfailure,andpointsoutthedifferencesininterpretationofpolitenessbetweenChineseandEnglishcultures,withthepurposeofexploringtheresourcesofthosedifferences,soastoavoidpragmaticfailuresofpolitenessandeffectsuccessfulcross-culturalcommunications.Inbrief,thefin

4、dingsofthispapersupporttheviewthatpragmaticfailuresdoexistingreeting,acceptinggifts,tablemannerandmanyotheraspectsofdailycommunicationbecauseofpeople’sdifferentinterpretationsofpolitenessbetweenChineseandEnglishcultures.Therefore,itisofgreatnecessitytounderst

5、andculturaldifferences,soastoavoidmisunderstandingsandmiscommunications.Keyword:politeness,cross-culturalpragmaticfailure,culturaldifferences摘要语用失误是造成跨文化交际障碍的主要原因之一。由于中西方对于礼貌这一概念的理解不同，在日常的跨文化交际中，语用失误时有发生，进而影响了交际效果。本文阐述了礼貌、跨文化交际、跨文化交际语用失误等基本概念，例举中英不同文化背景下，人们对礼

6、貌这一概念的不同解读，并进一步探索了这些差异的根源，以期能使人们在跨文化交际中尽量避免礼貌语用失误，顺利实现有效的跨文化交际。总的来说，本文的研究证实了在中西方的日常交际中，由于对礼貌解读的不同，双方在会晤、接受礼物、餐桌礼仪等诸多方面存在语用失误现象，因此，人们有必要了解认识文化间的差异，有效地避免跨文化交际中的误解或障碍。关键词：礼貌；跨文化交际语用失误；文化差异ContentAbstractinEnglishAbstractinChinese1.Introduction2.LiteratureReview2

7、.1StudiesonPolitenessatHomeandAbroad2.1.1StudiesonPolitenessAbroad2.1.2StudiesonPolitenessinChina2.2StudiesonPragmaticFailureatHomeandAbroad2.2.1StudiesonPragmaticFailuresAbroad2.2.2StudiesonPragmaticFailuresinChina2.2.3CausesofCross-culturalPragmaticFailurei

8、nPoliteness3.DifferentAspectsofPragmaticFailurefromthePerspectiveofPoliteness3.1Greetings3.2SenseofSpaceandPhysicalContact3.3AttitudesTowardstheOld3.4TableMannerandAcceptingGifts4.Conclus