中西方恭维语差异(英文版).ppt

ThedifferencebetweenChineseandWesterncompliments,NO.1:Definitionofcompliments,InthelanguageandculturethatChineseandwesternpeople,complimentisoneofthemostcommonlanguagefordailyuse,itplaysagreeting,encourage,acknowledgements,openthetopicandalleviatethecontradictionetc.,SocomplimentsaresharedbyEnglishandChinesecultureformulaicspeechact,knownastheverbalgift,sociallubricantHowever,influencedbytheirsocialpsychology,culturalorientation,valuesandotherfactors,thetopic,complimentstructuremodel,responsestrategyaspectsofanationalculturedeeply,toreflecttheculturalcharacteristicsofdifferentnations.,NO.2:thedifferencesbetweenChineseandWesterncompliments,(a),differencesincomplimentsfunction:AccordingtotheinvestigationandstatisticsofHaoBert,HolmesandWolfson,themainfunctionofcomplimentsinwesternculture:1)appreciated;2)isduetopeoplessocialstatusandrolerelationshipisnotfixed,especiallywomen,usecomplimentstocoordinatetherelationshipbetweenthetwosidesofcommunicationofconsistency,whichputitasacomplimentaharmonioussocialrelations,promotefeelingsorfriendshipeachothermeans.,AccordingtoJiaYuxin(1997)survey,themainChinesecomplimentsinfunction:1)tomakeeachotherfeelgood;2)appreciation;3)byothers,(b),thedifferenceofthetopiccompliment:Complimentisapositivepolitenessstrategy,positiveevaluationofsomesuperiorityoverothersiscarriedout,thevastmajorityofcomplimenttopicinvolvingseveralappearance,behavior,ability,achievementsandpropertyandsoon,especiallytocomplimentothersappearanceandachievementsfortheworst.,1:Complimentothersinappearance,InWesterncultures,menpraisefemalebodyappearance,dress,etc.,canbesaidtobeverycommonthing,but,inChinesetraditionalcultureisthebasictaboo.InChinese,whenmalecomplimentwomensappearance,mayberegardedasarudeandsufferedadig,islady-killer,rogue;praisefriendswifecouldalsobeconsideredtohaveanulteriormotive,becauseChinesebelievesinfriendswifewillnotbebullied,menandwomenaredifferent.Thereason:Americanslovechange,difference,andemphasizedtheChinaoftraditionalcultureistheconvergence.,2:Complimentothersinability,Inwesternculture,involvingotherscomplimentisveryseriousjudgment,andonlythosewhohavetheability,highersocialstatusarequalifiedtodoso,so,thiskindofcomplimentusuallyappeartocomplimentthesubordinatesinthesuperior,tomaintainthesuperiorsubordinaterelationship.InChineseopposite.Thiskindofphenomenonandourtraditionalcultureothersorientedcollectivismandrelationorientationisinseparable.,c),thedifferenceform,Inwesternculture,communicationisthecoreofself-centeredcommunicativeformat,whichleadstotheWesterncomplimentsinthefirstpersonappearmorefrequentlythaneasterncompliments.InChinaculture,onthecontraryisothercentredcommunicationmode,thisisthethirdpersoninthewesterndiscoursefrequencylowerthanthedirectcauseoftheOrientaldiscourse.,Inaddition,therearealotofinvisiblecomplimentsinChinaculture,thespeakerspraiseisnotobviousinlanguageitself,isflatteryonlyaccordingtothespecificcontextandbackgroundknowledgetounderstanditspraise.Incontrast,westernculturehighlystylizedcomplimentstofacilitateexchangesdoublereverseunmistakablycoordinatetheirconsistency,(d),differencesincomplimentresponsemode,Responsestrategyforcompliments,thedifferencesbetweenChineseandWesterncultureisveryobvious:,Inwesternculture,complimentresponseisoftenaccept,meet,toThankyouwiththeassenttocomplimenttheviews,andtoexpressmygratitude,oneissureofyourability,ontheotherhandistoothersappreciationabilityapproval.Suchas:A:Youlooksmartinthissweater.B:Thankyou!InChineseculturebyadmirers,usedtoden