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1、PragmaticDiscrepanciesofPolitenessinChineseandEnglishfromthePointofCross-culturalCommunicationAbstract:Theuseofpolitenessisacommonphenomenoninvarioussocietiesandgroups,anditisthemarkofhumansocialcivilization.However,affectedbydifferentcultures,politenesshasspecificcharacteristics.A
2、imingatreducingmisunderstandingandculturalconflictandpromotingsuccessfulcommunicationintheprocessofcross-culturalcommunication,thispaperbeginswiththedifferentprinciplesofpoliteness,contraststhepragmaticdiscrepanciesofpolitenessandanalyzesthecausesforthedifferencesinChineseandEnglis
3、h.Keywords:politeness;pragmaticdiscrepancies;Cross-culturalcommunication1.EnglishpolitenessprincipleIn1967,H.P.Grice,Americanphilosopherandlinguist,proposedtheCooperativePrinciple(abbrev.CP)inWilliamJameslecturedeliveredatHarvardUniversity.Hethoughtthatinordertomaketheconversationg
4、oon,weshouldobeysomebasicprinciples,especially“CooperativePrinciple”.Thecooperativeprinciplecanbedividedintofourmaxims:(1)QuantityMaxim:Makeyourcontributionasinformativeasisrequired(forthecurrentpurposesoftheexchange).Donotmakeyourcontributionmoreinformativethanisrequired.(2)Qualit
5、yMaxim:Donotsaywhatyoubelievetobefalse.Donotsaythatforwhichyoulackadequateevidence.(3)RelevantMaxim:Relevanttowhatyousay.(4)MannerMaxim:Avoidobscurityofexpression.Avoidambiguity.Bebrief(avoidunnecessaryprolixity).Beorderly.However,sometimespeopleincommunicationprocessesarenotincomp
6、liancewiththeseprinciples,orevenintentionalviolationoftheseprinciples.Inotherwords,thecooperativeprinciplecannotcompletelycovervariousformsofcommunication.LinguistsLeachLeechthinksthatthemostfundamentalreasonthatpeopleviolatedtheprincipleofcommunicativecooperationisthattheywanttofo
7、llowaprinciple---courtesyPolitenessPrinciple.Leechnotedthatcooperativeprinciplesguidewhatweshouldsayandmeetexpectationswhilepolitenessprinciplescanhelpmaintainfriendlyrelationsbetweenthetwosides.Thepolitenessprinciplescontainfivemaxims:(1)TactMaxim:minimizecosttoother;maximizebenef
8、ittoother(2)GenerosityMaxi