A Contrastive Study of Courtesy Language in English and Chinese  

作　　者：杨继泽[1] 

机构地区：[1]佳木斯大学,黑龙江佳木斯154007

出　　处：《剑南文学（经典教苑）（下）》2011年第1期98-99,共2页

基　　金：佳木斯大学人文社会科学研究项目"中英委婉语应用对比研究"项目编号:SKYZ-24;"汉英熟语的语言特点对比研究"项目编号:W2009-189

摘　　要：As a universal phenomenon,politeness plays a crucial role in helping to maintain social harmony and friendly interpersonal relationships.This paper aims to make a contrastive study of courtesy language between the English and Chinese cultures.Without understanding their differences,it is difficult to achieve a successful cross-cultural communication and may even cause serious misunderstandings.In this paper we introduce the definition of politeness in Chinese and English,and it makes a contrastive analysis concerning the similarities and differences in politeness between the two cultures from different perspectives.As a universal phenomenon, politeness plays a crucial role in helping to maintain social harmony and friendly interpersonal relationships. This paper aims to make a contrastive study of courtesy language between the English and Chinese cultures. Without understanding their differences, it is difficult to achieve a successful cross-cultural communication and may even cause serious misunderstandings. In this paper we introduce the definition of politeness in Chinese and English, and it makes a contrastive analysis concerning the similarities and differences in politeness between the two cultures from different perspectives.

关 键 词：英语 语法 教材 语言学 

分 类 号：H31[语言文字—英语]