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1、AContrastiveStudyofRefusalStrategiesbetweenEnglishandChinese PresentedinPartialFulfillmentoftheRequirementsforTheDegreeofMasterofArtsIntheSchoolofForeignStudiesofAnhuiUniversity By LiJiayu UndertheSupervisionofProfessorZhuYue AnhuiUniversity HeFei A
2、pril30,2004 Acknowledgements IamgratefultoProfessorZhuYue,whohasadmittedmetohis“211”ResearchProjectofthecontrastivestudiesofEnglishandChinese,whichhasinitiatedmetosetthisfieldasmytopicforthepostgraduatepaper.Hisoriginativeideasandconstantencouragementhave
3、helpedmealotthroughoutmywritingofthispaper.Ishowmysincerestthankstohim.Inaddition,Ihavebenefitedenormouslyfromthelectures,whichIhaveattendedduringthepastthreeyearsofmypostgraduatestudy.TheselecturesarefromProfessorChenZhengfa,ProfessorHongZengliu,ProfessorHuJian,P
4、rofessorHuaQuankun,ProfessorTianDebei,ProfessorWangXiaoling,ProfessorZhangMing,ProfessorZhouFangzhuandDr.ZhuXiaomei.Theirlivelyandenlighteninglectureshaveenrichedmyknowledgeinliterature,translation,lexicology,westernreligion,critiquewriting,cross-culturalcommunica
5、tionandpedagogy.ThanksalsogotoProfessorJillJewellfromAmerica,whohasgivenuslecturesonBritishliterature.ShehashelpedmealotindesigningtheEnglishquestionnairesforthispaper.Iwouldalsoliketothankallthosepeoplewhohavesparedtheirtimeandeffortstofillinmyquestionnairesandso
6、meofthemhaveevenofferedmeveryvaluableadviceonimprovingthequestionnaires.Finally,Iwanttoextendmygratitudetomyclassmatesfortheirkindhelpnotonlyinmystudiesbutalsoinmyeverydaylife.Theirfriendshipandencouragementwillalwaysbecherishedinmyheart. . Abstract Thispaperi
7、sacontrastivestudyofrefusalstrategiesmainlybetweenEnglishandChinese,whichinvolvesthecross-culturalstudyofEnglishandChineseaswellascross-registerstudyfrominterpersonalcommunicationstoshoppingactivities.Thepaperhasbeenbasedonthefollowingtwobasichypotheses:(1)TheChin
8、esecultureisgenerallybelievedtobecollectivelyorientedwhiletheAmericanindividuallyoriented.Thetwosocietiesaredifferentandthereforeitishypothesizedthatthe