Title: Principles Guiding the Appropriateness of Social Pragmatics in China English
Abstract: China English has been confronted with some criticism and blame in cross-cultural communication.The linguistic pragmatic failures in China English can be improved by hard work and be corrected based on certain criteria while the social pragmatic failure caused by inborn culture can hardly be overcome and be standardized.As crossc-cultural communication is two-wayed or multi-wayed,the social pragmatic standards can be negotiated.The principles guiding the social pragmatic approppriateness in China English should take both acceptability and apprehensibility into consideration.More importantly,they should take care of the English users cultural identity and be obedient to their sense of cultural belonging.
Publication Year: 2010
Publication Date: 2010-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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