英汉称赞语及应答语之跨文化比较

Cross-Cultural Comparison of Compliment-Response in English and Chinese

称赞是普遍的社会语言现象 ,在英汉文化中都有其表达方式。从称赞语和应答语的交际场合、对象及交际模式来探讨文化差异对英汉称赞语及应答语的话语交际的影响 ,可以避免因文化差异而造成的语用失误 。

A compliment is a universal social linguistic phenomenon, which has its own expression ways in the English and Chinese culture respectively. This paper mainly probes into the influences of cultural differences upon the compliment-response interaction from communicating situations, objects, and patterns. It aims at eschewing pragmatic failures in the foreign communications for lack of cultural knowledge, thereby helping to communicate appropriately.