美语中恭维语与人际距离的印证性研究

A Confirmatory Study on Compliments and Social Distance in American English

数据分析显示:不同人际距离组之间在恭维语交换的频率上存在着差异,以中等人际距离者之间的交换为最多。不同人际距离组在恭维话题上存在着差异,中距组侧重能力、表现,近距组和远距组侧重仪表和所属物。恭维语的使用确有其固定的句法模式,以中距组因循句法公式的情况为最少,其使用的词汇也最具独特性。此外,不同人际距离组在恭维语回应的句法模式上也存在着明显的差异。

Data analyses revealed： Compliments exchanges varied among different groups,with the middle-distance group ranking first.People of different groups focused on different compliment topics,with the middle-distance group on abilities and performance,the other two groups on appearance and possessions.Obvious regularity was found in syntactic patterns,with the middle-distance group less formulaic.Additionally,more unique lexical terms were used by this group.Differences were also found in syntactic patterns of compliment responses among different groups.