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1、CulturalValuesinEnglishandChinesePolitenessWhatispoliteness?Whilestoppingthecaratthetollstation,thevocalizedmachinesaid:“excuseme，20Yuanplease！”（你好，請付20元）Asweallknowthat“nihao”inchinausuallymeanstogreetothersandiscommonlyinterpretedintoEnglishas“howareyou”,“howdoyoudo”oreven“hello”.
2、Itisdefinitelyunreasonabletounderstandthisversionthiswayinthesituationofatollstation.Anotherexample,whyonearthHughGrantisconsideredamusing?Althoughhekeptbumbling“OhI’msorryIerr,rather,Imean,Ididn’twanttooffend…”thesewordsseemsopolitesuperficially,whilepeoplefromotherculturesfindthis
3、justplainawkwardandembarrassingtowatch.Thesetwoexamplesofpolitenessdifferfromthecommonknowledgeofpoliteness,suchasofferingyourseattotheelderlyonabusisconsideredpolitebehavior,andinterruptingwhensomeoneistalkingisconsideredimpoliteortogreetsomeonethefirsttimeyoumeethiminthemorningisp
4、oliteandtostanduptoreachforthedishyouwantatadinnertableisimpolite.Asasocialphenomenonwhichcanbeobserved,politenessissomethingsuperficialbuttoexplainwhatisperceivedonthesurfacewecandelveintothedepthwheredifferentculturalvaluesarerooted.However,thesocialandcommunicativecontextofpolite
5、nessismuchmoreprofoundthantheintersection.Inordertoexaminethisissuemorethoroughly,thisstudyposesquestionsincludingthefollowing:?Whatarethetheoriesaboutthepolitenessontermsoflinguistics??Whatroledoespolitenessplayintheprospectiveofcross-culturalcommunication??Whatarethemajordifferenc
6、esbetweenEnglishpolitenessandChinesepoliteness??WhatimplicationscanbeattachedtoEnglishteachingandlearning?12ⅠPolitenesstheory?Politenesscanatoncebeunderstoodasameanstoachievegoodinterpersonalrelationship,andanormimposedbysocialconventions（何兆熊2-8）.Politenesstheoryisthetheorythataccou
7、ntsfortheredressingoftheaffrontstofaceposedbyface-threateningactstoaddressees（Foley495）.Firstformulatedin1978byPenelopeBrownandStephenLevinson,politenesstheoryhassinceexpandedacademia’sperceptionofpoliteness.Politenessistheexpressionofthespeakers’intentiontomitigatefacethreatscarrie
8、dbycertainfacethrea
