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1、AComparativeStudyoftheSino-AmericanAddressFormsAbstractThispaperbrieflystatestheimportantfunctionsoftheresearchesontheaddressformsandtherelationsbetweenlanguageculturesandaddressformsofSino-America,andemphaticallynarratesthedifferentusagesinthreeaspectsofgeneral,positionalandki
2、nshipaddressforms.Meanwhileitalsoanalyzesthedifferentcasesandexpatiatesonthehistoricalandculturalcauseswhichleadtothosedifferencesfromaninterculturalcommunicationperspective.Inthisarticle,throughcategorizingandcomparing,theauthordistinguishestheculturaldifferencesfromdifferentC
3、hineseandAmericanaddressforms,andconcludesthattheaddressformsarepassedtothefirstmessageoftheotherside,rightcallwillmakeverbalcommunicationanimportantconditionforasmooth,notappropriateaddressformswillmakebarriersforcommunication,givesomeundesirableimpressionandadverselyaffectthe
4、futureexchanges.KeywordsSino-USculturalexchange,Addressform,Languagedifference,Culturaldifference,Interculturalcommunication1.IntroductionCultureandlanguagearecloselylinked.Languageisthecarrierofculture,cultureisreflectedthroughlanguage.Languageisalsoonepartoftheculture,languag
5、econtainsprofoundculturalconnotations.Culturetransmissionisoneoftheimportantcharacteristicsofhumanlanguage.Withoutculturalsetting,languageacquisitionisoutofthequestion,soitiswellbelievedthatlanguageisculturallyloaded,andhasastronginfluenceonlanguage,particularlyonitssocialfunct
6、ionandpragmaticsincommunication.Languageisthepresentationofculture.Withoutknowledgeofculture,itisdifficulttolearnlanguagewell.Obviously,weintendtousecultureinordertofunctioninaparticularsociety.Therefore,“cultureisasystemofsymbol,andlanguageisonlyoneelementofthesymbolicsystemin
7、thissysteminthisnetwork.Anditisobviouslythatoneshouldthinkoflanguageincultureandnotjustoflanguageandculture”(Chang,2004).Theaddressformsrefertoverbalcommunication,inaspeechatbothendsofthespeecheventandbythespeakerandlistener,throughcertainchannels(verbal,writtenortelecommunicat
8、ions)(Mo,2008).So,theaddressformsareanessentialpartofp
