Culture differences in appellation politeness words used in Chinese English 英语专业毕业论文.docxVIP

Culture differences in appellation politeness words used in Chinese English Table of Contents Content Page 1. Introduction 3 2.1 Appellation (partial) definitions 3-4 2.2 Appellation: type 5-6 3.1 Politeness Words: (partial) definitions 6-7 3.2Politeness Words: type 7-8 4. Pilot Study 8-9 5. Questionnaire 9-10 6. Main Findings 11-17 7. 1 Discussion: Appellation in Chinese vs. English 17 7.2 Discussion: Appellation 17-18 7.3 Discussion: English Politeness Words 18-20 7.4 Discussion: Chinese Politeness Words 20-21 8. Future Research 21-22 References 22 1. Introduction Description: This pilot study as a part of a long tern research project about expressing emotions in communication across cultures. Topic: The cultures background between Chinese and English, because of the aspects of historical, geographical environment, production systems and other reasons existing a great difference and very different characteristics. The differences between these two cultures have been cause for concern for a long time. With the advent of globalization, the world commercial exchanges between nations become more frequent, to understand the differences between Chinese and Western cultural values ??is a better way to promote inter-ethnic economic and cultural exchanges. This article would based on the perspective of the cross cultural communication , discuss the Chinese and English culture differences in daily communication , mainly focus on the appellation and politeness words used to talk about the differences The study: Description, design and findings Previous research: Initial reading 2. 1 Appellation: (partial) definitions Braum:“Appellations are an important part of social terms; it is a necessary tool