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
‘TheInternet Plus＂and＂maker＂made Yaowen Jiaozi magazine’s list of the 10 most popular Chinese catchphrases of 2015.list,published in the December 2015 issue,featured seven phrases from the Internet and three rela...‘TheInternet Plus＂and＂maker＂made Yaowen Jiaozi magazine’s list of the 10 most popular Chinese catchphrases of 2015.list,published in the December 2015 issue,featured seven phrases from the Internet and three related to political and economic affairs.展开更多
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.
文摘‘TheInternet Plus＂and＂maker＂made Yaowen Jiaozi magazine’s list of the 10 most popular Chinese catchphrases of 2015.list,published in the December 2015 issue,featured seven phrases from the Internet and three related to political and economic affairs.
