曹文妍开题报告定稿.doc

邯郸学院外国语学院 School of Foreign Languages of Handan College 论文题目： 英汉拒绝语的对比研究 Title： A Contrastive Study of English and Chinese Expressions in Refusing 专 业： 英 语 指导教师： 韩 淑 英 班 级： 2011级英语专接本班 学 号： 20110120021038 姓 名： 曹 文 妍 日 期： 2012年12月16日 指导教师意见： 指导教师签名： 日 期： I. Introduction 1.1 Research Motives With the rapid development of the society, people from different cultures have more communication with each other. Thus intercultural communication has become a increasingly important subject to college students, especially the foreign language majors. In international communication, we should know the other side’s culture so that we can avoid unnecessary trouble and make the communication proceed smoothly. Refusal is an essential part in our daily life. Due to the different cultural backgrounds, Chinese and westerners may take the same or different refusal strategies. If we do not pay attention to cultural differences and make refusal improperly, the refused side will feel confused or even angry, which may cause misunderstanding, and the relationship between the two sides may not well maintained. To avoid misunderstanding in international communication, this thesis would give an analysis on the expressions in refusing between Chinese and English, the underlying cultural factors will be included in the thesis as well. 1.2 Literature Review In order to have a more complete picture about the issues I am examining, I decide first to do a state-of-the-art type of study, and then see what has happened in this area over the past years. In recent years, international communication has drawn much attention of s