Chinese Refusal Speech Act Analysis And Pragmatic Strategies

In our daily life, people will often meet the refusal speech and choose the refusalstrategy. It let us always in an awkward position, but also have to face it directly.Based on this understanding, in reference to the results of previous studies. Based onthe theory of speech acts and based on the speech act of refusals, characteristics,classification and pragmatic strategies are studied.First, we reject speech act classification. Classified according to subjectivecriteria Refusals divided into strongly refusal and politely refusal; sincere refusal andfalse refusal. classified in accordance with the objective criteria Refusals divided intodirect refusal and indirect refusal.This article will be social distance (a strange relationship, general relations,friends relations, kinship) were investigated the four relations reject the request,invitation, it is recommended to arrange four different speech acts denial. In addition,the basis of previous studies, we Chinese refused strategy summarized as fifteen kinds,and refused to analyze the impact of the strategy selection factors, as well as their usein a variety of relationships.I hope this study can allow people have a new understanding of Refusal behavior,in addition, hoped that the overseas Chinese learners of Chinese refusal speech actshave a more thorough understanding in after this article, and after communication canuse more appropriate, tactful refusal strategies, their refusal intention expression moresmooth.