For our purposes in this chapter, we will combine the material on face from several scholars (primarily Goffman, and Brown and Levinson) in presenting an overall theory of face. For the most part we will not provide extensive coverage of the actual politeness theory. Politeness theory has been...
6) Politeness theory 礼貌理论 1. The theoretical background is Brown and Levinson s (1987) politeness theory. 调查的理论框架是Brown和Levinson的礼貌理论。 2. From a perspective of politeness theory, the paper attempts to provide an explanation of how the two above-mentioned translation ...
2. Brown & Levinson’s Face Theory(1978) What is “politeness” ? “… is one of the constraints of human interaction, whose purpose is to consider other`s feelings, establish levels of mutual comfort, and promote rapport.” Hill et al. (1986: 282) “… what we think is appropriate ...
The paper proposes that functional fake information results from the principle of politeness in Chinese culture and the rhetoric employed in verbal communication. 汉语中功能假信息的产生是因为交际双方都受到汉语言文化礼貌原则影响的缘故,而汉语对修辞的较高要求也是功能假信息能够得以流传的原因。 2. From ...
from the year 2011 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 1,0, University of Birmingham (School of English), course: Language and Communication, language: English, comment: You submitted a very good essay on the importance of face in politeness theory. Your...
I.WesternFaceandPoliteness 1.In1950s,AmericanScholarErvingGoffman(戈夫曼)raised“facework”. twokindsofhumanbehaviors:frontstagebehavior(前台行为);backstagebehavior(后台行为) “face”isakindoffrontstagebehavior Therequirementof„face‟isinteraction. 2.Brown&Levinson’sFaceTheory(1978) Whatis“politeness”...
chapter, I argue that such an a priori approach ignores the dynamic aspect of people’s face sensitivities. Furthermore, much work in face and politeness theory has focused on the face concerns of the hearer and has paid less attention to those of the speaker. In this chapter, I argue ...
TherelationbetweenPolitenessTheoryandFaceTheory 1.PolitenessTheorywasproposedonthebasedoftheFaceTheory.礼貌原则是在面子理论的基础上提出来的。2.ApplyingofthePolitenessStrategiescanreducethethreatoftheface,thussavingface.礼貌原则策略的运用可以用来减小对面子的威胁，维护面子。顾日田．礼貌、语用与文化田．外语教学与...
This paper applies Leech’politeness principle and Brown & Levinson’ face theory and politeness strategies as its analytical tool for the interpretation of the humor in Chinese sitcoms. 文章以Leech的礼貌准则及Brown和Levinson面子理论及礼貌的补救策略为理论依据,分析了产生喜剧幽默的另外一种乖讹,认为它是...
内容提示: Journal of Pragmatics 21 (1994) 45 l-486 North-Holland 451 Beyond politeness theory : ‘Face’ revisited and renewed LuMing Robert Mao* Received December 1992; revised version March I993 After reviewing Brown and Levinson’s face-saving model of politeness in light of Goffman’s ...