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1、汉语语境中恭维语和恭维应答的性别差异研究AstudyofgenderdifferencesincomplimentsandcomplimentresponsesinChinesecontextTABLEOFCONTENTSACKNOWLEDGEMENT……………………………………………………………3ABSTRACT(EnglishVersion)……………..………………………………………………………4ABSTRACT(ChineseVersion)………………………………………………….………………….6CHAPTER1INTRODUCTION.…
2、……………………………………………….7CHAPTER2LITERATUREREVIEVV………………………………………….11CHAPTER3THESTUDY…………………………………….………………….27CHAPTER4THERESULTS……………………………………………………...38CHAPTER5INTERPRETATIONANDDISCUSSION………………………….46CHAPTER6CONCLUSION………………………………………………………58REFERENCES………………………………………………………………………..61
3、50AbstractComplimentsareverycommonbothinEnglishandChinesecontexts,whichareservedtoincreaseorconsolidatethesolidaritybetweenthespeakerandaddressee(Holmes,1988).Thispaperexaminesthedifferencesbetweenwomen’sandmen’scomplimentingandcomplimentrespondingbehaviors,exploringthefunction
4、ofthepositivespeechactsontheonehandaspositivestrategiesandontheotheraspotentiallyfacethreateningorsavingacts.Usinganopen-endedquestionnaireof120Chinesecollegesophomores,thepaperprovidesananalysisconcerningthecomplimentsandcomplimentresponsesbetweenthesamegendersandthedifferentg
5、enders.Firstly,thecomplimentstrategiesandtopicscharacterizingthecomplimentsoffemaleandmaleChinesecollegestudentsaredescribed.Secondly,thecomplimentformulae,aswellasthegenderofcomplimentersandcomplimenteesareexamined.Thirdly,complimentresponsesarecategorizedaccordingtotypesofstr
6、ategies,inadditiontotheresponders’sex.Thefindingsarerelatedtothehypothesisthattherearesignificantdifferencesbetweenwomenandmenintheirrealizationpatternsofcomplimentsandcomplimentresponses,andtothereasonsoftheexistinggenderdifferencesinlanguageusing.Thestatisticalresultsshowthat
7、,generallyspeaking,thereexistsignificantdifferencesbetweenmenandwomenwhentheycomplimentorrespondtocomplimentsfromothers.Forthefirstpart,womentendtousemoreExplicitComplimentsthanmendo,whilementendtoapplymoreImplicitCompliments,orchoosetooptout.Forthesecond,menandwomenalsoshowsli
8、ghtdifferenceinusingcomplimentformulas.Womentendtousem