从跨文化角度看英汉社会称谓语

称谓是人类言语交际中不可忽视的部分。称谓语不仅可以引起人们的注意,而且在很大程度上可以反映出交际双方的社会地位,亲疏关系以及一个语言群体的文化习俗。社会称谓系统是人际称谓系统的一个重要组成部分。它主要用来称呼家庭成员以外的社会成员。本文着重讨论英汉社会称谓语中存在的差异以及其对跨文化交际活动的影响。

The English-Chinese Social Appellations From Cross-cultural Point

Appellation is an inseparable part of human verbal communication.Appellation terms are kinds of linguistic routines of politeness which reflect customs and conventions of a speech community.Social appellation is one subsystem of appellation system.It is used to denote people other than family members.It is a very complex and important system.In this thesis a contrastive study is made on social appellation systems between English and Chinese.In cross-cultural communication,misuse of social appellations results from two reasons:the interference of mother tongue and lack of knowledge about the target language and culture.