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
Business negotiation is essentially a kind of economic activity by means of language.Its success depends on the use of language,especially polite wording.This article,in the framework of politeness theory,studies the ...Business negotiation is essentially a kind of economic activity by means of language.Its success depends on the use of language,especially polite wording.This article,in the framework of politeness theory,studies the politeness strategies of business negotiation and emphasizes its importance.This article mainly focuses on negative politeness strategies and positive politeness strategies raised by Brown and Levinson.It discusses specific linguistic strategies of negative politeness and positive politeness from two aspects,words and phrases as well as sentences.It is concluded that negotiators can resort to some pragmatic rules and linguistic patterns to be more polite in business negotiations but they should use these strategies flexibly to suit different situations.展开更多
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
文摘Business negotiation is essentially a kind of economic activity by means of language.Its success depends on the use of language,especially polite wording.This article,in the framework of politeness theory,studies the politeness strategies of business negotiation and emphasizes its importance.This article mainly focuses on negative politeness strategies and positive politeness strategies raised by Brown and Levinson.It discusses specific linguistic strategies of negative politeness and positive politeness from two aspects,words and phrases as well as sentences.It is concluded that negotiators can resort to some pragmatic rules and linguistic patterns to be more polite in business negotiations but they should use these strategies flexibly to suit different situations.