A Contrastive Study of Compliments and Answers in English and Chinese.pdf

plimentsandAnswersinEnglishandChinese刘美珍(师范学院外语教育系英语专业)本文主要通过对比中英文恭维语在常用句式、涉及话题、社会分布以及英汉语中对恭维语不同的反应方略,浅显探讨中英文两种语言环境中恭维语的使用异同,以避免不必要的交际误解,从而使跨文化间交流得以顺利进行。Asglobaleconomydevelops,cross-,becauseofdifferentculturalbackgrounds,:syntaxpatternsandfunctions,pliments,,properguidanceandusefulinformationarehopedtobeprovidedtonarrowthegapincross-pliment-and-,answers,municativestrategiesBody➊、Formcontrast:plimentstowardsbeauty,mercyandsuchkindofthings,(1980)andMain(1989)’plimentsshows,sentencelike“N(noun)/P(pronoun)isreallyadj.(beautiful,smartorotheradjectives)”“Ireallylove/likeN(noun)/P(pronoun)”asthesecondand“P(pronoun)is/verb(really)anadj.①N(noun)/P(pronoun)”:1)))Sheisreallyagoodgirl.②Altogetherthesesentencepatternsmakeup85%,monwiththoseinEnglish:Ex:Yourblouseisverybeauti