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1、AculturalanalysisforthedifferencesofaddressformsinbothEnglishandChineselanguagesIntroductionIthasbeenwidelyacknowledgedthataddressisauniversalphenomenoninallcultures.Asthefirststepincommunicationandthefirstmessagesenttothelistenerbythespeaker,itplaysasignificantanddelicater
2、oleasmediatorsofsocialrelationsincommunicationinpeople’sdailylife.Nowadays,becauseoftheinterconnectednessoftheworldandtheemergenceoftheinformationage,boundariesofcountriesarebecominglessvisibleandinterculturalcommunicationamongpeopleisincreasinglyparamountandsignificantaswe
3、ll.Althoughaddressisauniversalphenomenon,thetruthisthatthereisconsiderablevariationinaddressformusage,acrosslanguages,acrossnationalboundaries,thatis,theaddressformpatternsandtherulesoftheiruseareculturespecific.Fromtheperspectiveofinterculturalcommunication,however,thedisc
4、repanciesofaddressformsinthesefacetsaresuperficialincomparisonwiththedeepstructureofdiverseculturestheyarederivedfrom.Themisunderstandingsandcontradictionscausedbythedifferencesofaddressformsininterculturalcommunicationarenoexception.Accordingtotheprinciplesofinterculturalc
5、ommunication,acomparisonofculturaldiversityreflectedininterculturalcommunicationwillhelptracetoitssourceforthelinguisticdiscrepanciesandenhancepeople’ssensitivitytoculturaldifferencestoreduceoravoidmisunderstandingsandcontradictionsininterculturalcommunicationforthepurposeo
6、fsuccessfulcommunication.Inthispaper,thepresentwriterwilldelveintothedeepstructureofculturetoprovideaculturalanalysisforthedifferencesofaddressformsinbothEnglishandChineselanguages.ChapterOnePerspectivesofCulture1.1DefinitionsofCulture10Itisnevereasytodefineculturebecauseit
7、isubiquitous,multidimensional,complex,andall-pervasive.Therefore,agreatnumberofdefinitionshavebeensuggestedforculture.Asearlyas1952,KroeberandKluckhohnlisted164definitionsofculturethattheyfoundintheanthropologyliterature.And,ofcourse,manynewdefinitionshaveappearedsincethen.
8、InhispaperInterculturalCommunicationandWhatitMeanstoUs,Prof.HuWenzhonghasdiscussed