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1、PragmaticDivergencesBetweenEnglishandChinese 【Abstract】It’ssignificantforanEnglishlearnertoavoidthemisunderstandinginthecommunication,speciallytoonewhointendstouseEnglishasacommunicatingmedium.Thewritertriedtoanalyzeandthedivergencesofcultureandlanguageb
2、etweenChineseandEnglishspeakingcountriestoavoidthemisusing. 【Keywords】Pragmatics;Cross?鄄culture;Divergence;Communication 【中图分类号】H31【文献标识码】A【文章编号】2095-3089（2014）02-0005-02 1.Causesofpragmaticdivergence Peopleindifferentcountries,evenindifferentnations,
3、theyarefamiliarwiththeirownculturesandlanguages.Thedivergencesmakepitsbetweenvariousgroups.ThroughanalyzingandcomprehendingthedivergencesofcultureandlanguagebetweenChinaandwesterncountriestoavoidthemisunderstandinginthecommunication,it’ssignificantforEngl
4、ishlearners,speciallytoonewhointendstouseEnglishasacommunicatingmedium. Whichkindofmisusingiseasytobemadeinthe10cross?鄄culturalcommunication?It’saveryimportanttopicininvestigatingfiled.Tannenhasmentionedinthecross?鄄culturalcommunication.Duetodifferentcul
5、tures,communicatorshaveeightpossibledivergencesinspeakingform.Theyare“whentospeak,whattobespoken,thespeedandthedistanceofpause,howthelistenerexpresseshislisteningaction,intonationandrhyme,formulaiclanguage,indirectionoflanguage,cohesionofstructureandcoher
6、enceofmeaning”.(ThePragmaticsofCross?鄄cultureCommunication)Tannenbelievedthattheanalysisofthetermofcross?鄄culturalpragmaticsisanalysisthelanguageitselfinfact. 2.Factsandexamplesofmisusing From1980’,manyresearchersinourcountrybegantofocusonthepragmaticdi
7、vergencesbetweenEnglishandChinese,particularlyintheinvestigationsofpragmaticmistakesincommunicationbetweenChineseEnglishlearnersandnativespeakers. YanZhuangmadeatestin1985,79youngEnglishteachersofcollegehadbeentestedtodistinguishthepragmaticsofChineseand
8、English.It’sthefirstcomprehensiveinvestigationinourcountryatthisarea.Thecontentsofthistestinclude20multiplechoices.Thereisaparagraphofsimpledescriptionofthesceneoneverytopofsubject.Itcontainspersonswhointalking,thei
