＂All Thanks Goes to the Almighty＂ ——A Variational and Postcolonial Pragmatic Perspective on Responses to Thanks  

作　　者：Bernard Mulo Farenkia 

机构地区：[1]Cape Breton University, Sydney, Canada

出　　处：《Sino-US English Teaching》2013年第9期707-724,共18页中美英语教学（英文版）

摘　　要：This study examines strategies in responding to thanks by CanE （Canadian English） and CamE （Cameroon English） speakers. Based on data collected by means of a DCT （Discourse Completion Task） questionnaire, the study addresses formal, functional, situational, and interactional similarities and differences in both varieties of English. With regard to speaker strategies （Aijmer, 1996） or conventions of means, it was found that the Canadian participants mostly prefer ＂minimizing the favor＂ when responding to thanks, while the Cameroonians most frequently ＂express appreciation＂. At the level of the realization types, the findings show that patterns with ＂no problem＂ are predominant in the Canadian corpus, whereas the Cameroonian respondents rather employ patterns with ＂welcome＂. Differences can also be found in the situational distribution of the speaker strategies and their linguistic realizations as well as in the use and the length of supportive moves.

关 键 词：＂ variational/postcolonial pragmatics responses to thanks face POLITENESS CanE （Canadian English） CamE （Cameroon English） 

分 类 号：TN643[电子电信—电路与系统] N02[自然科学总论—科学技术哲学]