英汉礼貌语言的文化特性

“礼貌”本身是日常生活行为中具有道德或伦理意义的一项行为准则,包括人们为维护和谐的人际关系所作出的种种努力,它是人类文明的标志,是人类社会活动的一条重要准绳。本文从英汉礼貌语言现象出发,以对比的方式,通过两种语言的人交际过程中对“礼貌”语言选择上的差异,结合东西文化背景的阐述,论证了礼貌语言具有文化特性。通过对礼貌语言的研究,提高礼貌语言的运用能力,促进跨文化交际及外语教学。

Cultural Characteristic of Polite Language in English and Chinese

Politeness is a behavior principle of moral or hierarchy in our daily life,and it includes all kinds of striving for keeping the harmony of personal relationship.It marks the civilization of human beings,and it's an important standard of social activities. This paper compares the different polite expressions between English and Chinese, on the bases of language phenomena of politeness both in English and Chinese. It analyses the similarities and differences of choosing the polite principle in communication. It shows that polite language possesses cultural characteristics with the statement of east and west cultural background The result of the study will help us apply the polite language effectively .It will promote inter-cultural communication and foreign language teaching ultimately.