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A CONTRASTIVE STUDY ON THE SPEECH ACT OF OFFER BETWEENCHINESE AND AMERICAN GRADUTE STUDENTS By Chen Kui 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 No word can possibly reveal my gratitude to my supervisor, Prof. Zhu Yue, for his overall influence on me. It is Prof. Zhu who shepherds me to linguistic road and cultivates me an irresistible longing to explore the secrets of linguistics. In addition, there is no affectedness, stiffness, but obvious ease, sincerity, fatherliness and optimism in his manner, which constantly remind me of how much personal charisma exercises influence on others. Special thanks also go to faculty at School of Foreign Studies, Anhui University. They are Prof. Hua Quankun, Prof. Chen Zhengfa, Prof. Zhang Ming, Prof. Zhou Fangzhu, Prof. Zhu Xiaomei, Prof. Chen Bing, Dr. Hu Jian, Dr. Yangling and Dr. Zhang Hongxia, whose insightful lectures and valuable help leave some lasting imprints on my study. I am particularly grateful to my vocational school teacher, Ms. Tao, for her faith and trust in me, which granted me an opportunity to realize the dream of being a postgraduate through thick and thin. Meanwhile, I am exceedingly indebted to her daughter, Jiang Jiang, for her invaluable suggestions about the questionnaire and her distributing them to the American subjects. Both Chinese an