中国英语学习者称赞回应语语用习得研究及其优选论解释.pdfVIP

A PRAGMATIC ACQUISITONAL STUDY ON THE ENGLISH COMPLIMENT RESPONSE BY CHINESE LEARNERS AND ITS OPTIMALITY-THEORETICAL ANALYSIS By Bi Jing Under the supervision of Prof. Zhu Yue A thesis Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts to the School of Foreign Studies Anhui University April 2008 Acknowledgements First of all, I would like to express my deep gratitude to my supervisor Professor Zhu Yue for his valuable and timely feedback about my thesis, and also for his encouraging words and useful advice throughout the three-year duration of my study at Anhui University. His courses on Semantics, Pragmatics and linguistic theories practices make me gain a better understanding of the frontier linguistic studies. After I have finished my draft, he has read it through painstakingly over and over again, making lots of corrections and offering many constructive suggestions, without which this thesis would not have come out. Furthermore, his strict attitude towards academic research will be of immense value to my future study. Furthermore, I am sincerely grateful to all the teachers in the School of Foreign Studies for their instructions in the past years, especially to Prof. Zhou Fangzhu, Prof. Zhang Ming, Prof. Zhu Xiaomei, Prof. Tian Debei, Dr. Hu Jian, Dr. Zhang Hongxia and Dr. Yang Ling. Their earnest teaching and enlightening are of great help to my study. I would also like to acknowledge the efforts of the people who have made it possible for me to conduct this investigation. My friend Yin Ji