A study of gender differences in compliments and ompliment responses in Chinese context（硕士论文）25.docVIP

汉语语境中恭维语和恭维应答的性别差异研究 A study of gender differences in compliments and ompliment responses in Chinese context TABLE OF CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENT……………………………………………………………3 ABSTRACT (English Version)……………..………………………………………………………4 ABSTRACT (Chinese Version)………………………………………………….………………….6 CHAPTER1 INTRODUCTION.………………………………………………….7 CHAPTER 2 LITERATURE REVIEVV………………………………………….11 CHAPTER 3 THE STUDY…………………………………….………………….27 CHAPTER 4 THE RESULTS……………………………………………………...38 CHAPTER 5 INTERPRETATION AND DISCUSSION………………………….46 CHAPTER 6 CONCLUSION………………………………………………………58 REFERENCES………………………………………………………………………..61 Abstract Compliments are very common both in English and Chinese contexts, which are served to increase or consolidate the solidarity between the speaker and addressee (Holmes,1988). This paper examines the differences between women’s and men’s complimenting and compliment responding behaviors, exploring the function of the positive speech acts on the one hand as positive strategies and on the other as potentially face threatening or saving acts. Using an open-ended questionnaire of 120 Chinese college sophomores, the paper provides an analysis concerning the compliments and compliment responses between the same genders and the different genders. Firstly, the compliment strategies and topics characterizing the compliments of female and male Chinese college students are described. Secondly, the compliment formulae, as well as the gender of complimenters and complimentees are examined. Thirdly, compliment responses are categorized according to types of strategies, in addition to the responders’ sex. The findings are related to the hypothesis that there are significant differences between women and men in their realization patterns of compliments and compliment responses, and to the reasons of the existing gender differences in language using. The s