從禮貌準(zhǔn)則看英漢文化差異

論文編號:YY684  論文字?jǐn)?shù):7521.頁數(shù):21

Abstract: With the rapid development of science and technology, people from different countries and cultural backgrounds are making more and more communications. Thus more and more attention has been paid to what politeness is and how to be polite in cross-cultural interactions. Otherwise misunderstanding or even breakdown may occur frequently because of the cultural differences. In order to reduce the misunderstanding in interaction and improve the communication between Chinese and English, research into politeness is in need. This paper tires make a contrastive study of politeness principle to see the difference of English and Chinese culture. On the contrast of the Address term Maxim, Modesty Maxim, Tact Maxim, and Sympathy Maxim, we could have a good insight into the differences of culture between English and Chinese.
 Through a contrastive analysis, we know that there are different in the communication between the different countries. Therefore, to have some awareness of cultural differences will be helpful to people from different cultures in gaining successful communication.
Key Words: Politeness Principle; culture; difference

從禮貌準(zhǔn)則看英漢文化的差異
 
摘  要：隨著科學(xué)技術(shù)的發(fā)展，不同國家和背景的人們之間的交流也越來越頻繁。使得人們在跨文化交際中越來越注重自己的禮貌行為。否則，由于文化差異而引起的誤解和交際失敗就會不斷出現(xiàn)。為了避免或盡量減少在跨文化交際中的誤解，加強(qiáng)中英人們的交流，對于禮貌的研究是必需的。因此本文就中英兩位學(xué)者的禮貌準(zhǔn)則做一個對比研究，通過稱呼準(zhǔn)則，謙虛準(zhǔn)則，得體準(zhǔn)則和同情準(zhǔn)則的對比，我們可以從中清楚的看到中英文化的不同之處。
 從對比分析中不難發(fā)現(xiàn)，在跨文化交際中不同國家間的交流方式是有差異的。因此，了解文化差異有助于人們在跨文化交際中得成功。

關(guān)鍵詞： 禮貌原則；文化；差異
CONTENTS

Introduction……………………………………………………………...1
1. Theories on Politeness………………………………………………...2
 1.1 The Concept of Politeness……………………………………………………….2
 1.2 Politeness Theories………………………………………………………………2
 1.2.1 Brown and Levinson’s Face Theory………………………………………...3
 1.2.2 Leech’s Politeness Principle (PP)……………………………………….   3
 1.2.3 Gu Yueguo’s Politeness Principle……………………………………….......6
2. A Contrastive Study of Politeness Principle in Chinese and English7
 2.1 Terms of Address in Gu Yueguo’s Politeness Principle ……………………….. .7
 2.1.1 Kinship Terms in Chinese Society ………………………………………….8
 2.1.2 Non-Kinship Terms in Chinese Society …………………………………….9
 2.2 Modesty Maxim………………………………………………………………...11
   2.2.1 Explanation for Modesty…………………………………………………...11
   2.2.2 Modesty and Self-denigration……………………………………………...11
   2.2.3 Different Emphasizes on Modest………………………………………......12
 2.3 Tact Maxim……………………………………………………………………..13
   2.3.1 Tact Maxim in Leech's Politeness Principle……………………………….13
   2.3.2 Tact Maxim in Chinese and English Society………………………………14
 2.4 Sympathy Maxim……………………………………………………………….15
    2.4.1 Sympathy for News………………………………………………………15
    2.4.2 Attitudes to the Old……………………………………………………….15
3. Conclusion………………………………………………………........16
Acknowledgements……………………………………………………..17
Bibliography…………………………………………………………….18