论礼貌制约下英文商务信函词汇的选择

Influence of Politeness on the Choice of Words In English Business Correspondence

礼貌是确保人类顺畅成功交际的基本手段之一,自上世纪七十年代以来引起学术界广泛关注。英文商务信函作为商务交流的一种重要方式,不仅具有传递信息的功能,还担负着建立、加强业务联系的重任,因而对礼貌具有较高要求。本文以Leech的礼貌原则及Brown和Levinson的面子保全论为理论基础,探讨礼貌因素是如何影响,制约不同类型商务信函中词汇的选择的。

Politeness, as one of the basic needs that ensure smooth human interaction, has been enjoying great popularity with the scholars ever since the early 1970s. Enghsh business correspondence is one of the basic ways of business communication, which functions as not only a useful means to exchange information but also an important tool to build and enhance business relations, thus requires a high degree of politeness. Based on the Politeness Principle of Leech and the Face Theory of Brown ＆ Levinson, this paper tries to analyze and explain how politeness influences the choice of words in different types of English business correspondence.