邀请言语行为的对比研究

A Contrastive Study on the Inviting Speech Acts in the U.S.A. and China

邀请言语行为是言语行为研究的一个重要组成部分。以Suzuki(2009)对美国大学生邀请言语行为的调查研究结果为依据,在问卷调查的基础上,探讨邀请言语行为在中美不同文化环境下的运用情况,尤其是在邀请策略的话语结构等方面有哪些相似点和差异性。研究发现在中美不同文化语境中,邀请言语行为的基本序列存在相似性,但在策略使用的具体形式上存在一定的差异性。

The speech act of inviting is of significance in the field of pragmatics.In accordance with Suzuki＇s investigation on the speech act realization of inviting among American College students,the study is conducted to make a contrastive study on the speech act of inviting applied by Chinese and Americans,especially on the discourse levels,along with the strategy combinations.Results show that the sequence of invitation discourses proves to be more or less the same between Chinese and American cultures,but the discourse structures as well as the strategies applied by them are different.