中英礼貌用语差异对比研究毕业论文

毕业设计（论文）

题目：中英文化中礼貌语的对比研究

A Constructive Study of Politeness in Chinese

And English Culture

学生姓名：蔡美玲

学号：0807060128

专业班级：B08英语（国际商务）1班

指导教师：唐红梅

学院：外国语学院

2012年4 月

中英文化中礼貌语的对比研究

摘要

语言礼貌是一种普遍的社会现象，广泛地存在于人类社会生活之中。它协调着人们的社会关系和交际活动,是维系人际和谐的工具,避免交际冲突的手段。随着中国加入WTO，中国与西方国家在政治，经济，文化方面的联系变得越来越紧密，社交越来越频繁，礼貌用语也显得越来越重要。在此过程中，言语交际成功与否,在很大程度上取决于能否选用恰当的礼貌表现形式。本课题将通过对中英文化中礼貌语的对比研究，阐明中西礼貌用语的共性和差异性，以及在不同文化背景下，中英不同的礼貌原则和各自的侧重点。通过对此课题的研究，使人们在社交过程中，根据不同的场合，正确的使用合适的礼貌语，避免不同文化下不同礼貌用语带来的各种冲突。同时，能使英语学习者更加透彻的了解西方文化，掌握交际语言。最后，若用于英语教学中，将提高学生的综合素质，以及跨文化交际能力。

关键词：礼貌用语; 礼貌原则; 文化; 差异对比

A CONSTRUCTIVE STUDY OF POLITENESS IN CHINESE

AND ENGLISH CULTURE

ABSTRACT

Language Courtesy is a kind of common social phenomenon, which widely occurs in the human society of life, coordinating the people's social relationships and communication activity, maintaining interpersonal harmony,and avoiding the communication conflicts. As China entering the WTO and the forming of the globalized market, the relationship between China and the western countries has become closer, with more frequent activities in politics, economy and culture. So language courtesy is taking a more important role in our social life. In this process, the successful cross-cultural communication, to a great extent, depends on the selection of the appropriate politeness. This paper expounds the common features and different courtesy between Chinese and the western through a constructive study of politeness in Chinese and English culture. On the other hand, the paper expounds different politeness principle and the emphasis of the respective in different cultural background.

Therefore, the study of this subject can conduct people to use the right polite language, avoiding the conflict that brings about the different culture courtesy and different culture according to the different occasions in the social process. At the same time, the paper can make the reader understand and master the western culture and the right way of communication. Finally, if the politeness principles are used in the English teaching and Learning, it will improve the students' comprehensive quality, and the ability of cross-cultural communication.

Key words: polite language; politeness principle; culture;

Contents

1. Introduction (1)

2. Different Principles of Politeness in Chinese and English (1)

2.1 Politeness Principles of English (1)

2.1.1 Brown and Levinson’s “face” theory (1)

2.1.2 Grice Cooperative Principle (2)

2.1.3 Leech’s Politeness Principle (2)

2.2 Politeness Principles of Chinese (3)

3. A Comparison between Chinese and English Politeness (5)

3.1 Terms of Address (5)

3.2 Humility Language and Formal L anguage (5)

3.3 Terms of Privacy (6)

3.4 Terms of Greeting (6)

3.5 Terms of Thanks (7)

3.6 Terms of Goodbye (8)

3.7 Terms of Invitation (8)

3.8 Differences Politeness of Cooking Culture (8)

3.8.1. The Politeness of Atmosphere on T able (8)

3.8.2 The Politeness of Customary Actions on T able (9)

4. Reasons for the different & countermeasures (9)

4.1 Reasons for the Difference (9)

4.1.1 Confucianism and Christianity (10)

4.1.2 Philosophy D ifferences (10)

4.1.3 Differences of Culture, Thinking and V alue (10)

4.2 Countermeasures (11)

4.2.1 Countermeasures in English teaching (11)

4.2.2 Countermeasures in communication (11)

5. Conclusion (13)

References (14)