Due to the differences of cultural values and conventions, people from different cultures may have different understandings about the courtesy language. This paper expounds the differences between English and Chinese ...Due to the differences of cultural values and conventions, people from different cultures may have different understandings about the courtesy language. This paper expounds the differences between English and Chinese courtesy languages, mainly from terms of address, greetings and appreciations. It also analyzes the reasons for the differences between English and Chinese courtesy languages, i.e. different cultures and different politeness principles. Through the contrastive studies of courtesy language, people will come to a clear understanding of the relationship between language and culture, which is meaningful to English teaching and learning.展开更多
Communication is a combination of both verbal language and nonverbal language. Verbal language varies in different cultures, so does nonverbal language. Nowadays more and more teachers have realized the necessity for ...Communication is a combination of both verbal language and nonverbal language. Verbal language varies in different cultures, so does nonverbal language. Nowadays more and more teachers have realized the necessity for students to speak the foreign language in class. However, there are still some problems in teaching, studying and testing foreign language, which will be dealt with in this paper. Some teachers speak foreign language with Chinese body language. Thus students, while talking in class,also use Chinese body language to indicate their thoughts. How can't misunderstanding occur when they communicate with native speakers of foreign language? So body language should be set as one of the contents of foreign language teaching. Therefore,body language and courtesies should play an important role in tests.展开更多
Wei Yilin (courtesy name:Wei Dazhai,1277-1347 A.D.) was from Nanfeng (Jiangxi Province).As a distinguished physician skilled in traumatology,dentistry and laryngology,he had served as a professor of medicine in a medi...Wei Yilin (courtesy name:Wei Dazhai,1277-1347 A.D.) was from Nanfeng (Jiangxi Province).As a distinguished physician skilled in traumatology,dentistry and laryngology,he had served as a professor of medicine in a medical school set up by the local authority.He was the author of the Effective Formulas Tested by Physicians for Generations (Shi Yi De Xiao Fang),in which he recorded the chief achievements in orthopedics before the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368),and it is also one of the high-level orthopedic works of ancient China.展开更多
Courtesy language, as an indispensable part of communication, occurs in all languages. However, due to the cultural diversity, different languages have different laws and regulations in the choice of courtesy language...Courtesy language, as an indispensable part of communication, occurs in all languages. However, due to the cultural diversity, different languages have different laws and regulations in the choice of courtesy language, which is very important in cross culture communication. It is significant and instructive to study the similarities and differences of the courtesy language. The article aims to study the language features of politeness at lexicon, syntactic and pragmatic level in English, Japanese and Chinese as well as the underlying reasons and culture roots of the diversities, to make cross-culture communication better.展开更多
文摘Due to the differences of cultural values and conventions, people from different cultures may have different understandings about the courtesy language. This paper expounds the differences between English and Chinese courtesy languages, mainly from terms of address, greetings and appreciations. It also analyzes the reasons for the differences between English and Chinese courtesy languages, i.e. different cultures and different politeness principles. Through the contrastive studies of courtesy language, people will come to a clear understanding of the relationship between language and culture, which is meaningful to English teaching and learning.
文摘Communication is a combination of both verbal language and nonverbal language. Verbal language varies in different cultures, so does nonverbal language. Nowadays more and more teachers have realized the necessity for students to speak the foreign language in class. However, there are still some problems in teaching, studying and testing foreign language, which will be dealt with in this paper. Some teachers speak foreign language with Chinese body language. Thus students, while talking in class,also use Chinese body language to indicate their thoughts. How can't misunderstanding occur when they communicate with native speakers of foreign language? So body language should be set as one of the contents of foreign language teaching. Therefore,body language and courtesies should play an important role in tests.
文摘Wei Yilin (courtesy name:Wei Dazhai,1277-1347 A.D.) was from Nanfeng (Jiangxi Province).As a distinguished physician skilled in traumatology,dentistry and laryngology,he had served as a professor of medicine in a medical school set up by the local authority.He was the author of the Effective Formulas Tested by Physicians for Generations (Shi Yi De Xiao Fang),in which he recorded the chief achievements in orthopedics before the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368),and it is also one of the high-level orthopedic works of ancient China.
文摘Courtesy language, as an indispensable part of communication, occurs in all languages. However, due to the cultural diversity, different languages have different laws and regulations in the choice of courtesy language, which is very important in cross culture communication. It is significant and instructive to study the similarities and differences of the courtesy language. The article aims to study the language features of politeness at lexicon, syntactic and pragmatic level in English, Japanese and Chinese as well as the underlying reasons and culture roots of the diversities, to make cross-culture communication better.
