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
Having long been recognized as the primary research area where the politeness and impoliteness phenomena are examined,studies of speech acts including compliment,thanks and apologies provide insights into politeness n...Having long been recognized as the primary research area where the politeness and impoliteness phenomena are examined,studies of speech acts including compliment,thanks and apologies provide insights into politeness norms in different speech communities,and seek to define social variables that conduce to impoliteness in the intercultural contexts.This paper is intended to present a sophisticated illumination of how the concepts of impoliteness differentiate between cultures,and further discuss distinct cultural expectations and social values shared by western and eastern societies.展开更多
Redressive strategy plays an important role in talk show. This paper attempts to analyze the application of PP （Politeness Principle） and its redressive strategies in Oprah Winfrey＇s Talk Show from the pragmatic pe...Redressive strategy plays an important role in talk show. This paper attempts to analyze the application of PP （Politeness Principle） and its redressive strategies in Oprah Winfrey＇s Talk Show from the pragmatic perspective This paper employs two theories, the PP and its redressive strategies （especially redressive strategies）. The analytical data for the present study are collected from Oprah Winfrey＇s Talk Show. In order to understand the PP and its redressive strategies better, this paper will analyze and investigate Oprah Winfrey＇s Talk Show from different perspectives by means of qualitative approach. The purpose of this study is the application of these two theories in the daily talk, and the analysis of how they do FTAs （Face-Threatening Acts）. The success of Oprah Winfrey＇s Talk Show lies in her super language skill and her ability of dealing with some problems. In her talk show Oprah often adopts redressive strategy to save the guest＇s face and keep a congenial atmosphere. The author hopes that this study can help the audience better enjoy and understand talk show program, and maintain the stable and harmonious relationship in real human interaction. The analytical work in the present paper is just a tiny part of politeness, and it is hoped that further studies can be conducted to make more contributions to politeness展开更多
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Having long been recognized as the primary research area where the politeness and impoliteness phenomena are examined,studies of speech acts including compliment,thanks and apologies provide insights into politeness norms in different speech communities,and seek to define social variables that conduce to impoliteness in the intercultural contexts.This paper is intended to present a sophisticated illumination of how the concepts of impoliteness differentiate between cultures,and further discuss distinct cultural expectations and social values shared by western and eastern societies.
文摘Redressive strategy plays an important role in talk show. This paper attempts to analyze the application of PP （Politeness Principle） and its redressive strategies in Oprah Winfrey＇s Talk Show from the pragmatic perspective This paper employs two theories, the PP and its redressive strategies （especially redressive strategies）. The analytical data for the present study are collected from Oprah Winfrey＇s Talk Show. In order to understand the PP and its redressive strategies better, this paper will analyze and investigate Oprah Winfrey＇s Talk Show from different perspectives by means of qualitative approach. The purpose of this study is the application of these two theories in the daily talk, and the analysis of how they do FTAs （Face-Threatening Acts）. The success of Oprah Winfrey＇s Talk Show lies in her super language skill and her ability of dealing with some problems. In her talk show Oprah often adopts redressive strategy to save the guest＇s face and keep a congenial atmosphere. The author hopes that this study can help the audience better enjoy and understand talk show program, and maintain the stable and harmonious relationship in real human interaction. The analytical work in the present paper is just a tiny part of politeness, and it is hoped that further studies can be conducted to make more contributions to politeness
