A Comparative Study Of Politeness Between English And Chinese

Politeness．as a symbol of human civilization,is a social-cultural aswell as linguistic phenomenon that Can be found in all societies all over theWOrld．It has drawn much attention from linguists,psychologists,anthropologists,sociologists since 1960s．As a result of the rapiddevelopment of the study of cross-cultural communication,people are nowgetting more and more interested in investigating what politeness is and howto be polite in cross．cultural interactions．As people from different culturesmay have different views on what politeness is and how to be polite,misunderstanding or even breakdown may occur if the cultural differencesof Doliteness are neglected in cross．cultural communication．Therefore,it isnecessary and of great significance for the Chinese learners of English tohave a good knowledge of politeness in both Chinese and English． This thesis is intended to make a comparative study of politenessbetween English and Chinese from the perspectives of both the theoreticalDrinciples and the manifestations of politeness,and analyze that the differentcultural values between them are the main cause of such differences．Thecomparative study and analysis of polite behaviour and politeness principlesbetween English and Chinese are expected to be of some help to Chineselearners of English and English teaching as well．...