文档介绍：A Contrastive Study of Chinese and English Greeting
[Abstract] Language is the medium for munication. Greeting, as ponent of language, plays a most important role in munication. It is one kind of speech act that frequently occurs in everyday life. Greetings are words used to start an municative interaction or acknowledge of the presence of other. Therefore, proper greeting behavior is crucial for the foundation and maintenance of interpersonal relationships. However, since China is totally different from the Western countries both in its history and its culture, it is undoubtedly that greeting, which is closely related to its culture, will be quite different from that in the Western countries. Misusing the greeting may easily lead to misunderstanding in the munication. Therefore, to acknowledge the differences existing in the greeting is the first step to achieve mutual understanding and respect. This paper, with some related theories presented, aims at making a contrastive study of greetings in English and in China. Some researches are also done with the greeting on its level, its functions and the elements influencing it.
[Key Words] greeting; English; Chinese; cultural differences; cross-munication
英汉问候语对比研究
【摘要】语言是人们进行交流的媒介。问候语是语言的一个组成部分,也是社交礼仪的重要部分; 它是日常生活中频繁使用的言语行为之一,具有建立和延续各种人际关系的作用。在日常交际中,适当的问候举止是建立和维持人与人之间关系的关键。然而,由于中国的历史背景和文化背景与西方国家有着相当大的差异,存在于文化之中的问候语也随之有着相当大的差异。这种差异在跨文化交际中很容易引起误解。因此,为促进不同语言和文化背景下人们的相互沟通,有必要深入了解中西文化中问候语的差异。本文通过对中西方文化背景中一些典型问候语的对比研究,阐述了两种文化中关于问候语的相关理论,在层次、功能、根源等方面对问候语进行研究。
【关键词】问候语;英语;汉语;文化差异;跨文化交际
Contents
Abstract……………………………………………………………….……………..I
摘要….……………………….………………………….……………………………II
1. Introduction…………………...……………………………………………..…….1
2. Varieties of Chinese and English greetings……………………….……………...2
Greetings classified according to time…………………….…...………………….2
Greetings classified according to formality…………………………....………….2
3. Differences in Chinese and English greetings..........…………..………...............2
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