Title: The Distribution of Chinese and English Apologetic Politeness Strategies in Social Distance
Abstract: From the point of view of dynamic social distance,the researcher collects data of speech act of apology through discourse completion test(DCT),and finds out that Chinese apologies are more sensitive to social distance than English ones.Distinct differences are found in four Chinese apologetic politeness strategies,i.e.,explanation,direct apology,offer of repair and punishment while difference is only found in one English apologetic politeness strategy,i.e.,explanation.This sharp discrepancy embodies the relational orientation of Chinese social structure and the individual orientation in English social structure.
Publication Year: 2005
Publication Date: 2005-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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