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1、OnCooperativePrinciple&PolitenessPrincipleinDiplomaticLanguageStrategyABSTRACTThispaperentitled“OnCooperativePrincipleandPolitenessPrincipleinDiplomaticLanguageStrategy”discusses“diplomaticlanguage”withreferencetolinguistictheories,especiallytheoriesofpragmaticsinvolvingtheCoop
2、erativePrinciple,thePolitenessPrinciple,yetthewriteradditionallyintroducestheconceptof“face”byBrownandLevinsonconcerning“facethreateningact”,“negativeface”,“positiveface”,i.e.“FaceSavingTheory”,andillustratesthroughtypicalexamplestoanalyzediplomaticlanguagestrategyinanewperspec
3、tive:howadiplomaticspokespersontriesormanagestoreducefacethreateningsymmetrically.Thewriterfirstmakesasurveyofdocumentsavailable,briefingthepresentstudyonthediplomaticlanguagefieldaswellasintroducingthemaintheoriesinpragmaticstudy,includingpragmaticambiguity,CooperativePrincipl
4、e,PolitenessPrinciple,faceandpolitenessstrategy,aswellastheshortcomingsandlimitationsofthesetheoriesinvolvingtheGrice’sCooperativePrinciple,Leech’sPolitenessPrinciple,BrownandLevinson’sFaceSavingTheory.Thenthewriterimplementsthefullanalysisofthecharacteristicsofthediplomaticlan
5、guagefromsuchanglesasthedefinitionsofdiplomacy,theregister,therepresentationandthedirectionofthetalkexchangeindiscourse,showingthatindirectnessistheimportantstrategyfordiplomaticlanguage.Throughtheillustrationsandanalysis,thewriterpointsoutthatnegotiationanddialogueareplayingsu
6、chsignificantrolesinpresentworldthatlanguagemattersalotindiplomacy.Theindirectnessofdiplomaticlanguagebringsabouttheintentionalviolationofthemaximsofquantity,quality,relevanceandmannerundertheCooperativePrinciple,eitherinaseparatewayorinajointway,viigivingriseto“ConversationalI
7、mplicatures”.However,nomatterwhatkindofspecificlinguisticstrategyistaken,thepurposeiseithertoreducethefacethreatto“other”ortoreducethefacethreatto“self”ortoboth.Inotherwords,thegoaliseithertomaintainthefaceto“other”orto“self”ortobothorallsidesinvolved.Moreover,thewriterillustra
8、tessomeotherdiplomaticlanguagestrategiesincludingpolit