Research on English Pragmatics Competence: A Comparative Study of Compliment Behavior between Chinese EFL Students, Chinese ESL Students and English Native Speakers  

作　　者：王蕊 WANG Rui(North Minzu University,Yinchuan 750021,China)

机构地区：[1]北方民族大学管理学院旅游管理系

出　　处：《海外英语》2020年第1期254-259,共6页Overseas English

摘　　要：The present study investigated the linguistic features of a special speech act,compliments produced by two groups of Chinese learners of English,one living in China's Mainland(EFL)and the other in Malaysia(ESL).This study compared and con-trasted the performance of the learner groups with that of native English speakers,aiming to determine how they employ compli-ment strategies in different situations and whether the exposure to target language(L2)community was helpful in pragmatic acquisi-tion.The present study investigated the linguistic features of a special speech act, compliments produced by two groups ofChinese learners of English, one living in China's Mainland(EFL) and the other in Malaysia(ESL). This study compared and con-trasted the performance of the learner groups with that of native English speakers, aiming to determine how they employ compli-ment strategies in different situations and whether the exposure to target language(L2) community was helpful in pragmatic acquisi-tion.

关 键 词：speech acts COMPLIMENTS strategies DCT data L1 transfer cultural value 

分 类 号：H319[语言文字—英语]