Brown ＆ Levinson＇s face theory is an important theory in Pragmatics and it is an influential theory in expounding the phenomenon of politeness. Through an analysis of the functions of ＂face＂ in English literary wo...Brown ＆ Levinson＇s face theory is an important theory in Pragmatics and it is an influential theory in expounding the phenomenon of politeness. Through an analysis of the functions of ＂face＂ in English literary works, this article intends to shed new lights on literary pragmatics.展开更多
Face and politeness are very important parts in people’s daily communication.But people will violate the principle of politeness for protecting their own face.Therefore,they usually choose to use more humorous words ...Face and politeness are very important parts in people’s daily communication.But people will violate the principle of politeness for protecting their own face.Therefore,they usually choose to use more humorous words or jocular words to communicate in order to avoid direct contradictions.Starting from the face-threatening acts in the face theory and politeness principle,this paper briefly analyzes the face-threatening acts and its humorous usage in the TucaodahuiⅢ.展开更多
Using 80 short video examples about refusal language strategies on Douyin short videos as a corpus,this study explores the commonality and individuality,as well as the contradictory relationship between Chinese and Br...Using 80 short video examples about refusal language strategies on Douyin short videos as a corpus,this study explores the commonality and individuality,as well as the contradictory relationship between Chinese and British countries in the use of refusal language strategies by combining manual and graphical data analyses.It is found that Chinese people use more indirect ways of using refusal speech acts,and British and American countries use more direct ways of using refusal speech acts.In addition to this,both Chinese and British countries use non-verbal behavior to reject speech as a way of protecting the positive face of the addressee and reducing the threatening behavior to the face of the other party.This study also found that the ambivalent relationship between the emergence of refusal language strategies in both China and Britain is related to their personal psychological state,social values,and personal face.The results of this study have some values for sociology as well as pragmatics,which is conducive to the maintenance of interpersonal relationships.展开更多
Traditional syntactic or semantic theories failed to provide a satistactory explanation for the unique features of non-restrictive relational clauses in people＇s daily use of English language. This paper would adopt ...Traditional syntactic or semantic theories failed to provide a satistactory explanation for the unique features of non-restrictive relational clauses in people＇s daily use of English language. This paper would adopt the theoretical framework of pragmatics and use relevance theory as well as face theory to discuss the unique pragmatic functions of non-restrictive relational clauses in English news report discourse. The three major pragmatic functions are： （1） optimizing the relevance of information; （2） seeking for the consistence with readers; and （3） avoiding imposing the author＇s opinion on readers.展开更多
Politeness is a social phenomenon, a means to achieve good interpersonal relationships, and a norm imposed by social conventions. Politeness is universal, that is, it can be observed as a phenomenon in all cultures. I...Politeness is a social phenomenon, a means to achieve good interpersonal relationships, and a norm imposed by social conventions. Politeness is universal, that is, it can be observed as a phenomenon in all cultures. It is resorted to by speakers of different languages as a means to an end, and it is recognized as a norm in all societies. Despite its universality, the actual manifestations of politeness, the ways to realize politeness, and the standards differ in different cultures. Politeness is, to some extent, culture-specific.展开更多
Vagueness in English for business negotiation will be interpreted by pragmatic theories, such as, the cooperative principle, the polite principle, and the face theory through many practical cases picked from the real ...Vagueness in English for business negotiation will be interpreted by pragmatic theories, such as, the cooperative principle, the polite principle, and the face theory through many practical cases picked from the real communication between the negotiators, which aims at providing a systematic theory framework for the language users and researchers.展开更多
文摘Brown ＆ Levinson＇s face theory is an important theory in Pragmatics and it is an influential theory in expounding the phenomenon of politeness. Through an analysis of the functions of ＂face＂ in English literary works, this article intends to shed new lights on literary pragmatics.
文摘Face and politeness are very important parts in people’s daily communication.But people will violate the principle of politeness for protecting their own face.Therefore,they usually choose to use more humorous words or jocular words to communicate in order to avoid direct contradictions.Starting from the face-threatening acts in the face theory and politeness principle,this paper briefly analyzes the face-threatening acts and its humorous usage in the TucaodahuiⅢ.
文摘Using 80 short video examples about refusal language strategies on Douyin short videos as a corpus,this study explores the commonality and individuality,as well as the contradictory relationship between Chinese and British countries in the use of refusal language strategies by combining manual and graphical data analyses.It is found that Chinese people use more indirect ways of using refusal speech acts,and British and American countries use more direct ways of using refusal speech acts.In addition to this,both Chinese and British countries use non-verbal behavior to reject speech as a way of protecting the positive face of the addressee and reducing the threatening behavior to the face of the other party.This study also found that the ambivalent relationship between the emergence of refusal language strategies in both China and Britain is related to their personal psychological state,social values,and personal face.The results of this study have some values for sociology as well as pragmatics,which is conducive to the maintenance of interpersonal relationships.
文摘Traditional syntactic or semantic theories failed to provide a satistactory explanation for the unique features of non-restrictive relational clauses in people＇s daily use of English language. This paper would adopt the theoretical framework of pragmatics and use relevance theory as well as face theory to discuss the unique pragmatic functions of non-restrictive relational clauses in English news report discourse. The three major pragmatic functions are： （1） optimizing the relevance of information; （2） seeking for the consistence with readers; and （3） avoiding imposing the author＇s opinion on readers.
文摘Politeness is a social phenomenon, a means to achieve good interpersonal relationships, and a norm imposed by social conventions. Politeness is universal, that is, it can be observed as a phenomenon in all cultures. It is resorted to by speakers of different languages as a means to an end, and it is recognized as a norm in all societies. Despite its universality, the actual manifestations of politeness, the ways to realize politeness, and the standards differ in different cultures. Politeness is, to some extent, culture-specific.
文摘Vagueness in English for business negotiation will be interpreted by pragmatic theories, such as, the cooperative principle, the polite principle, and the face theory through many practical cases picked from the real communication between the negotiators, which aims at providing a systematic theory framework for the language users and researchers.
