文档介绍：A Brief Study on the Differences and Cultural Factors of English and Chinese Address Term
Written by: Zhai Wenjun
Supervised by: Fang Qiang
Foreign Languages Department
of Wanjiang College
Anhui Normal University
April 2011
Acknowledgements
I would like to express my gratitude to all those who have helped me during the writing of this thesis. A special acknowledgement should be shown to Professor Fang, who from whose lectures I benefited greatly. I am particularly indebted to my dear classmates and the workers in our library who help me a lot to plish this essay. I e across a lot of problems during writing this essay. However Professor Fang and my friends have given me some valuable advice and courage, I gain a lot from them. So, I want to express my sincere thanks to those who help me. What’s more, I gain a good knowledge from some websites, so I want to send my sincere thanks to it and my Professor Fang.
A Brief Study on the Differences and Cultural Factors of English and Chinese Address Term
Abstract
Address term is a word or bination of words people use in addressing each other in munication. It shows the role people play munication, suggesting interpersonal relationships between them. Every language and culture has its own system of address terms. Address terms are not only an identity of a person, but also cultural marks. An appropriate address form promotes munication smoothly. English and Chinese address systems have obvious differences, which are rooted in different social and cultural backgrounds of their own. From intercultural point of view, this paper makes parison between daily English and Chinese address term and analyses the social and cultural elements behind the differences on the basis of family structures, values and sense of hierarchy.
Key Words: address term; comparison; social and cultural influence

浅析英汉称谓语差异及其社会文化因素
摘要
称谓语在日常言语交际活动中彼此间当面招呼对方时使用的名称。作为言语交际活动中不可缺少的成分,它不仅反映交际双方的诸多特征,如身份、年龄、职业等,同时也反映说话双方彼此的关系,对对方的思想、情感、态度等。每种语言和