Living in another country:who considers what as impolite?  

作　　者：魏弢[1] 

机构地区：[1]悉尼大学

出　　处：《海外英语》2010年第9X期10-13,共4页Overseas English

摘　　要：Having long been recognized as the primary research area where the politeness and impoliteness phenomena are examined,studies of speech acts including compliment,thanks and apologies provide insights into politeness norms in different speech communities,and seek to define social variables that conduce to impoliteness in the intercultural contexts.This paper is intended to present a sophisticated illumination of how the concepts of impoliteness differentiate between cultures,and further discuss distinct cultural expectations and social values shared by western and eastern societies.Having long been recognized as the primary research area where the politeness and impoliteness phenomena are examined,studies of speech acts including compliment,thanks and apologies provide insights into politeness norms in different speech communities,and seek to define social variables that conduce to impoliteness in the intercultural contexts.This paper is intended to present a sophisticated illumination of how the concepts of impoliteness differentiate between cultures,and further discuss distinct cultural expectations and social values shared by western and eastern societies.

关 键 词：face-threatening ACTS complimenting responses PERCEPTIONS of IMPOLITENESS 

分 类 号：H319[语言文字—英语]