《A Contrastive Study of the Speech Act of Apologies An Empirical Study of Chinese Apologies Based on Face-Negotiation Theory》.pdfVIP

Sino·USEnglishTeaching，ISSN 1539-8072 August2014，Vo1．11，No．8，620—630 a Ll譬 H IN G A ContrastiveStudyoftheSpeechActofApologies AnEmpiricalStudyofChineseApologies BasedonFace-NegotiationTheory LILi BeijingInformationandScienceTechnologyUniversity，Beijing，China Basedonsomeinsightsfromface-negotiationtheoryandthroughdiscoursecompletiontest(DCT),analyzingthe frequenciesofapologychoicenadcomparedwiththeresearchresultsoftheCross-CulturalSpeechActRealization Project(CCSARP)，thispaperaddressesitselftoexplorationoftheimpactoffaceconceptonpragmaticfeaturesof Chineseapologiesandthedynamicrelationsbetweensocialparametersna dtheapologeticstrategies．Thedatafor thisstudyareelicitedfrom na open-endedDCTquestionnairenadanalysisoffrequenciesofapologystrategies． TheconceptofChinesefaceandunderstandingoftheconflictaSwellaSitsprocessingmodeofseekinghamr ony makeChineseapologybehaviormoreconcernedwiththerecoveryofestrangementrelationships，andtheapology strategiesareusedofrthepurposeofcompensatingofrthefacelossesoftheoffenders．Anapologywilltransfer emotionalinformationtoeachother，toshift thefocusoftheconflict，quellconflicts，na deaserelationships．The parametersofpowernadsocialdistancehaveimpactonthechoicetendencyofIllocutionaryForceIndicating Devices(IFID)，self-supportive，andother-supportivestrategies． Keywords：Chineseapologies，socialparameters，face—negotiationtheory，culturalinfluence Introduction InSearle’S(1979)classificationofspeechacts，apologyfallsintoexpressives．Asthewordsays，thisspeech actexpressesaninnerstateofthespeaker；theexpressionisessentiallysubjectivean