a comparative study of english and chinese apologies 英语论文

a comparative study of english and chinese apologies 英语论文

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1、AComparativeStudyofEnglishandChineseApologies1.TheComparisonoftheApologyStrategiesFromthistable,wemaydrawsomeconclusionsaboutthesimilaritiesoftheseapologystrategies.BothEnglishandChineseuseStrategy(3),givinganexplanationoraccountfrequently,andbothEnglishandChineseseldomuseStrategy(6),promis

2、eofforbearance.1.1SimilaritiesAsforthefirstsimilarity,wemayrelateittothe“face”problem,whichisexploredbymanyscholarsinhistory.GeorgeYule(2000)stateshisopinioninhisbookPragmatics,“Asatechnicalterm,facemeansthepublicself-imageofaperson.Itreferstothatemotionalandsocialsenseofselfthateveryonehas

3、andexpectseveryoneelsetorecognize”(2000:60).Somescholarsdividetheconceptof“face”intotwoaspects:the“positiveface”andthe“negativeface”,andputforwardthe“face-savingtheory”.The“positiveface”meanstheneedofbeingacceptedandapprovedbythecollective.The“negativeface”meanstheneedoffreedom,independence

4、andnotbebotheredbyotherpeople.Whenone’sbehaviorthreatsthe“face”oftheotherperson,theoffendershouldtaketheface-savingactiontomaketheremedy.Therefore,savingthe“face”oftheoffenderhimselforherself,andgivingthe“face”tothelisteneratthesametimearetheprinciplesbothChineseandEnglishapologiesobey.When

5、weareinasituationthatwehavetoapologizeforourfaults,givinganappropriateexplanationisthemostdecentwayforbothsides.Itwillnotonlyremovetheunhappiness,butalsotakethe“face”problemintoaccount.1.2DifferencesComparedwiththesimilarities,therearemanydifferencesbetweentwolanguages,whichdeservemuchofour

6、attention.Fromthesurveyabove,wemayfindobviouscontrastonsomespecificstrategies,especiallyonStrategies(1),(4),(5)and(7).Choosingthecertainapologystrategyisaffectedbylotsofelements,suchastheculture,thesocialvalue,andthemodeofthinking.ZhangGuoxialistsfourmainpoints(2003:107):a.Thesocialdistance

7、betweenthespeakerandthelistener.b.Therelativepowerbetweenthespeakerandthelistener.c.Theseverityoftheoffence.d.Theobligationofapologybetweenthespeakerandthelistener.Integratingthesefactors,weareabletoexploretherootofthedifferencesbetweentheEnglishandChine

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