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1、AComparativeStudyofEnglishandChineseApologies1.TheComparisonoftheApologyStrategiesFromthistable,wemaydrawsomeconclusionsaboutthesimilaritiesoftheseapologystrategies.BothEnglishandChineseuseStrategy(3),givinganexplanationoraccountfrequently,andbothEnglishandCh
2、ineseseldomuseStrategy(6),promiseofforbearance.1.1SimilaritiesAsforthefirstsimilarity,wemayrelateittothe“face”problem,whichisexploredbymanyscholarsinhistory.GeorgeYule(2000)stateshisopinioninhisbookPragmatics,“Asatechnicalterm,facemeansthepublicself-imageofap
3、erson.Itreferstothatemotionalandsocialsenseofselfthateveryonehasandexpectseveryoneelsetorecognize”(2000:60).Somescholarsdividetheconceptof“face”intotwoaspects:the“positiveface”andthe“negativeface”,andputforwardthe“face-savingtheory”.The“positiveface”meansthen
4、eedofbeingacceptedandapprovedbythecollective.The“negativeface”meanstheneedoffreedom,independenceandnotbebotheredbyotherpeople.Whenone’sbehaviorthreatsthe“face”oftheotherperson,theoffendershouldtaketheface-savingactiontomaketheremedy.Therefore,savingthe“face”o
5、ftheoffenderhimselforherself,andgivingthe“face”tothelisteneratthesametimearetheprinciplesbothChineseandEnglishapologiesobey.Whenweareinasituationthatwehavetoapologizeforourfaults,givinganappropriateexplanationisthemostdecentwayforbothsides.Itwillnotonlyremove
6、theunhappiness,butalsotakethe“face”problemintoaccount.1.2DifferencesComparedwiththesimilarities,therearemanydifferencesbetweentwolanguages,whichdeservemuchofourattention.Fromthesurveyabove,wemayfindobviouscontrastonsomespecificstrategies,especiallyonStrategie
7、s(1),(4),(5)and(7).Choosingthecertainapologystrategyisaffectedbylotsofelements,suchastheculture,thesocialvalue,andthemodeofthinking.ZhangGuoxialistsfourmainpoints(2003:107):a.Thesocialdistancebetweenthespeakerandthelistener.b.Therelativepowerbetweenthespeaker
8、andthelistener.c.Theseverityoftheoffence.d.Theobligationofapologybetweenthespeakerandthelistener.Integratingthesefactors,weareabletoexploretherootofthedifferencesbetweentheEnglishandChine
