A Contrastive Study of Chine and English Greeting
[Abstract] Language is the medium for human communication. Greeting, as a component of language, plays a most important role in the communication. It is one kind of speech act that frequently occurs in everyday life. Greetings are words ud to start an everyday communicative interaction or acknowledge of the prence of other. Therefore, proper greeting behavior is crucial for the foundation and maintenance of interpersonal relationships. However, since China is totally different from the Western countries both in its history and its culture, it is undoubtedly that greeting, which is cloly related to its culture, will be quite different from that in the Western countries. Misusing the greeting may easily lead to misunderstanding in the intercultural communication. Therefore, to acknowledge the differences existing in the greeting is the first step to achieve mutual understanding and respect. This paper, with some related theories prented, aims at making a contrastive study of greetings in English and in China. Some rearches are also done with the greeting on its level, its functions and the elements influencing it.
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[Key Words] greeting; English; Chine; cultural differences; cross-cultural communication
英汉问候语对比研究
【摘 要】语言是人们进行交流的媒介。问候语是语言的一个组成部分，也是社交礼仪的重要部分； 它是日常生活中频繁使用的言语行为之一，具有建立和延续各种人际关系的作用。在日常交际中，适当的问候举止是建立和维持人与人之间关系的关键。然而，由于中国的历史背景和文化背景与西方国家有着相当大的差异，存在于文化之中的问候语也随之有着相当大的差异。这种差异在跨文化交际中很容易引起误解。因此，为促进不同语言和文化背景下人们的相互沟通，有必要深入了解中西文化中问候语的差异。本文通过对中西方文化背景中一些典型问候语的对比研究，阐述了两种文化中关于问候语的相关理论，在层次、功能、根源等方面对问候语进行研究。
【关键词】问候语；英语；汉语；文化差异；跨文化交际
Contents
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Abstract……………………………………………………………….……………..I
摘要….……………………….………………………….……………………………II
1. Introduction…………………...……………………………………………..…….1
2. Varieties of Chine and English greetings……………………….……………...2
2.1 Greetings classified according to time…………………….…...………………….2
2.2 Greetings classified according to formality…………………………....………….2
玫瑰花简笔3. Differences in Chine and …………..………...............2
3.1 Difference in contents……….………………………………………………..…...2
3.2 Difference in mantics………….………………………………………………...5
炒花菜怎么炒3.3 Difference in syntax………………….………………………………...………….5
4. Theories related to greetings in English culture and Chine culture…………5
4.1 Politeness Theories in English culture………….…………………………………6
4.1.1 Leech’s Politeness Principle…………………...………………………………...6
4.1.2 Brown and Levinson’s Face Theory……………………….……………………6
4.2 Gu Yueguo’s Theory in Chine culture…………………………………………..7
5. Three levels of greetings…………………………………...…………….………..7
聪明伶俐6. The function ……………………................................….........9
6.1 Greetings as communication function….……………….…………………………9
6.2 Greetings as linguis
tic routines of politeness function…………………………..9
6.3 Greetings as illocutionary acts…….……………………………………………..10
7. The influence of philosophical sources on Chine and English greetings….11
如何判断是否怀孕
7.1 The principle of the West—equality and human rights….…………..…………..11
7.2 The key principles of Confucianism………………….…….……………………12
8. …………...………..............................13
Bibliography……………………………………………………………………….15
桃花源记读后感1. Introduction
With the development of society and culture, communications between people become more and more important. When China implemented its reform and opening up policy, especially after China entered WTO, communication with other countries has become more important. However, people in different countries hold different beliefs and values, which result in misunderstanding. In order to avoid the embarrassment, we should know the cross-cultural communication greeting.
有关教育的名言
Greetings are important, becau they frequently occur in everyday social interactions all
over the world. Proper greeting behavior is crucial for the foundation and maintenance of interpersonal relationships. Greetings are words ud to start an everyday communicative interaction or acknowledge of the prence of others. As an everyday practice that is routinized and happens at very low levels of awareness in interactions, greeting is emingly a spontaneous reaction to the encountering of people. It is such a quick, simple, and conventionalized episode of communication that people usually give no thought to what happens during tho few conds of interaction. Being part of a culture that is very often en in everyday life, such practices are important in understanding the structure and the esnce of a society and culture.
