A Comparative Study of Politeness in English and Chinese between Student and Teacher in University

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A Comparative Study of Politeness in English and Chinese between Student and Teacher in University
作者：刘琳
来源：《东方教育》2014年第03期

        Introduction

        Politeness is a universal phenomenon in human society.People regard politeness as an important element of communicating with others.Communication will not be processed without respecting each other.One of the most direct ways to express politeness is through language.However，there are a variety of languages that are owned by a plenty of communities.In this case，people always encounter misunderstandings when they speak to a person who has a different culture background.As an international student in UK，I have noticed that some students are confused about how to show politeness when communicate with both students and teachers，then misunderstandings are caused.Some of this confusion leads to that these students give up showing politeness and adopt a more direct way of expressing themselves.Finally，they may leave an impolite，even a rude impression to their teachers.Kramsch（1998，3）maintained，language is a tool which is used to express，embody and symbolize cultural reality.Exploring the differences of civilizations behind languages which using among students and teachers，and how these differences generated are more significant while promoting intercultural communication.

        This essay is going to analyse the differences between English and Chinese when students and teachers show politeness in their conversation，and find out implications of these differences.The whole essay is divided into six parts，including an introduction and conclusion.In part one，it displays the context of expressing politeness and the purpose of this essay.Then，I will sum up and analyse the previous findings on politeness.In part three，I will identify the differences in Chinese and English in university of how they show politeness.The causes of these differences will be discussed in part four.The implications of previous findings will be evaluated in the part five.At last，I will summarise the main idea of the whole paper.

        Literature review

        There have been some linguists and scholars who do a lot of researches on politeness in Chinese and English.They found that there are some principles can be defined to describe some aspects of politeness in communication.

A Comparative Study of Politeness in English and Chinese between Student and Teacher in University

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