Differences in Politeness Principles Between Chinese and English Cultures 英语论文

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1、DifferencesinPolitenessPrinciplesBetweenChineseandEnglishCulturesAbstract:politenessisuniversalbutculturallyspecific.itshowsdifferentcharacteristicsindifferentcultures.fromtheangleofculturaldifferences，thispaperreviewschineseandwestern”politenessprinciples”putforwa

2、rdbyguyueguo(顾曰国)andleech，intendstocompareonsomeoftheimportantdifferencesonpolitenessbetweenChineseandwesterncultures.understandingthedifferencescanavoidthepragmaticfailuresandachievesuccessincross-culturalcommunication.ItcanalsohelpEnglishlearnerstodevelopandimpro

3、vetheirpragmaticcompetence.Keywords：politenessprincipleChinesecultureEnglishculturedifferences1、introductionwiththedevelopmentofscienceandtechnology,communicationamongpeoplefromdifferentcountriesanddifferentculturesismorefrequentandimportant.ourworldismulticultural

4、.whenwecommunicatewithpeoplefromanotherculture,wearenotonlyaffectedbythedifferenceoflanguage,butalsodisturbedbythedifferenceofculture.toensureasuccessfulunderstandingandcommunication,weshouldpayattentiontopoliteness,oneofthemostuniversalphenomenaininterculturalcomm

5、unication.politeness,whichisasymbolofhumancivilization,isaveryimportantpartofeverynationalculture.itplaysakeyroleinestablishingandmaintainingsocialharmony,andprescribingindividuals’behaviors.peoplefromdifferentculturesmayhavedifferentviewsonwhatpolitenessisandhowto

6、bepolite.incross-culturalcommunication,somelanguagesorlinguisticexpressionsareconsideredtobepolite,whileotherswerefoundtobediscourteous.differencesofpolitelanguageexistinbecauseofdifferencesbetweenorientalhistoricalandculturalbackground,geographicalenvironmentandth

7、inkingmanner.chineseandwesternculturesaretwodifferenttypes,theyhavetheirowndifferentfeaturesandfocus.2、thedifferentdefinitionsofpolitenesschineseandwesternculturesintheenglish-speakingcultureandthewesternworldingeneral,politenesshasbeencloselyrelatedtothebehaviorty

8、picalofacertainsociallocationandacertainsocialgroup.tobepolitemeanstoliveuptoasetofconventionalizednormsofbehavior(hezhaoxiong,1995:3).inmodernch