comparative study on politeness in chinese and english languages

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1、ComparativeStudyonPolitenessinChineseandEnglishLanguagesComparativeStudyonPolitenessinChineseandEnglishLanguages摘要：礼貌作为人类文明的体现，它不仅是一种社会现象，也是一种语言现象。自二十世纪六十年代起，礼貌现象就已经开始引起语言学家、心理学家、人类学家及社会学家们的注意。随着跨文化交际研究的迅速发展，不同文化中礼貌的概念与内涵及在跨文化交际中如何做到礼貌的得体，越来越多地引起人们的关注。由于人们对

2、什么是礼貌和怎样做才是有礼貌持有不同观点，因此在跨文化交际中，常常会出现一些误解。这些误解常常导致交际失误乃至失败，因此，对礼貌现象，特别是在跨文化交际中英汉两种语言中所体现的礼貌现象进行对比研究是非常必要的。对英汉语礼貌现象从其理论基础到其表现形式进行对比研究，对学习英语的中国学生和英语教学很有益处。关键词:礼貌英语汉语“文化价值观”Abstract：Politeness,asasymbolofhumancivilization,isasocial-culturalaswellaslinguisticphe

3、nomenonthatcanbefoundinallsocietiesallovertheworld.Ithasdrawnmuchattentionfromlinguists,psychologists,anthropologists,sociologistssince1960s.Asaresultoftherapiddevelopmentofthestudyofcross-culturalcommunication,peoplearenowgettingmoreandmoreinterestedininve

4、stigatingwhatpolitenessisandhowtobepoliteincross-culturalinteractions.Aspeoplefromdifferentculturesmayhavedifferentviewsonwhatpolitenessisandhowtobepolite,misunderstandingorevenbreakdownmayoccuriftheculturaldifferencesofpolitenessareneglectedincross-cultura

5、lcommunication.Therefore,itisnecessaryandofgreatsignificancefortheChineselearnersofEnglishtohaveagoodknowledgeofpolitenessinbothChineseandEnglish.ThisthesisisintendedtomakeacomparativestudyonpolitenessinEnglishandChinesefromtheperspectivesofboththetheoretic

6、alprinciplesandthemanifestationsofpoliteness,andanalyzethatthedifferentculturalvaluesbetweenthemarethemaincauseofsuchdifferences.ThecomparativestudyandanalysisofpolitebehaviorandpolitenessprinciplesinEnglishandChineseareexpectedtobeofsomehelptoChineselearne

7、rsofEnglishandEnglishteachingaswell.KeyWords:PolitenessEnglishChineseCultureValues第24页共21页ComparativeStudyonPolitenessinChineseandEnglishLanguagesIntroductionPolitenessseemstobeasocialvaluethatoccursinallcivilizedsocieties,eventhoughthesocialnormsrelatingto

8、whatisandwhatisnotconsideredpolitebehaviormayvaryacrosscultures.Politenesshasbeenafocusofinterestinpragmaticsfordecades.Asacommonsocialphenomenon,politenessisnotonlyauniversallyhighlyvaluedvirtue,butal