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1、AContrastiveAnalysisofPolitenessinEnglishandChinese I.IntroductionWhenwecommunicatewithotherpeople，weshouldhavetoobeyalotofmannerswhichhaverootedinourdailylife.Ifnot,therewillappearmanymisunderstandings.Everynationhasitspoliteness.Chinaisfamousforitsmanners
2、.Peopleusedifferentpolitenessindifferentsituations.Weshouldsaypolitenessisadrivingforceinourcommunicationwithpeoplearoundus.Childrenreceiveeducationinschoolinordertohaveagoodmanner.Sowecanseethatpolitenessisaveryimportantlanguageart. Peoplefromdifferentregi
3、onsmayhavedifferentmanners,thustheycouldencounterdifficultiesintheircommunication.Itisthesameastheyhavedifferentdialectsandcustoms.Chinaisabigcountry.Wehave56kindsofpeople.Howtomakethisbigfamilyunitedtogether.Theonlywayistorespectthecustomsofeachother.Thus,
4、wecanhaveapeacefulsociety.Asthedevelopmentofourcountry,theinternationalismisbecomingmoreandmorerapidly.Alotofnewelementscomeintoourcountry.Weneedtocommunicatewithpeopleoftheworld.Theyhavetheirownattitudestowardsthingswhichmaybealittlebitdifferentortotallydi
5、fferentwithus.Ifwedonotunderstandthecustomsofthem,absolutely,wewillhavealotofdifficultiesinthisprocess.Sometimes,wearelikelytounderstandonethinginourownperspective.Today,abetterunderstandingofpeoplewhocomefromotherculturesisveryimportant.Especiallyinthecros
6、s-culturecommunication.ThisarticleiswrittentodrawaconclusionaboutdifferencesofpolitenessbetweenChineseandEnglishfromdifferentperspectives. II.LiteraturereviewonPolitenessinChineseandEnglishWhatispolitenessprinciple?Leechformulates“politenessprinciple”orPPfo
7、rshort,tryingtoremedyGrice’sCooperativePrinciple(CP)whichispresumedtobeunabletointerpretwhy,forinstance,peoplearepronetouseindirectwaysofsayingthings.ToLeech,itispolitenessthatmotivatesit.Socialactslikecompetitive(ordering,asking,begging,etc.)demandpolitene
8、ssfarmorethanotherkindslikeconvivialandcollaborative,becausetheformermakesathreattotheaudience’sface,ornegativeface.Variouspolitenessstrategiesthusareemployedtomitigatetheface–threateningpower.Accordin
