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基于交际语境顺应理论框架下英语委婉语的研究.docx

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基于交际语境顺应理论框架下英语委婉语的研究 Introduction Languageisatoolofcommunication,andisusedtoexpressdifferenttypesofemotionsandthoughts.Indailyconversation,theremaybecertainsituationswhereindividualswanttoexpresstheirmessageinasofterormoreindirectway,whichisreferredtoas“politeness”or“hedging”inlanguage.Thepurposeofthisresearchpaperistoexploretheconceptof“hedging”or“politeness”inEnglishlanguageandinvestigatehowitisusedbasedoncommunicativecontextandtheprincipleofGrice’scooperativeprinciple. Background Theconceptofpolitenessorhedginginlanguagehasbeenatopicofinterestinlinguisticresearchformanyyears.Ithasbeenfoundthatpolitenessisafundamentalaspectofhumaninteractionandisinfluencedbysituationalfactors,culture,socialnorms,andindividualcharacteristics(Brown&Levinson,1987).BasedonthetheoryofGrice’scooperativeprinciple,peopleusepoliteorhedginglanguagetoabidebytheprinciplesofcommunicationandtorecognizethefeelingsofothers.Politenessisespeciallyimportantincross-culturalcommunication,whereculturaldifferencesmayleadtomisunderstandingsandconflicts(Gao,2010). LiteratureReview Theconceptofhedgingorpolitenesshasbeenstudiedbymanyresearchersandscholars.AccordingtoBrownandLevinson’s(1987)politenesstheory,therearetwotypesofpoliteness,positivepolitenessandnegativepoliteness.Positivepolitenessisusedtoshowfriendlinessandempathywiththelistener,whilenegativepolitenessisusedtoavoidimposingonthelistener’ssocialspace.Thistheorysuggeststhatindividualsusepolitenessstrategiesbasedontheirsocialandculturalbackground,contextofthecommunication,theirrelationshipwiththelistener,andalsoontherecipient’spersonalitytraits.Besides,thedifferentlanguagestructuresandexpressionshavebeenexploredtostudytheuseofhedgingorpoliteness.Forexample,linguisticfeaturessuchasmodalauxiliaryverbs,tagquestions,hedges,andindirectspeechactshavebeenfoundtobeeffectiveinexpressingpolitenessinlanguage(Liu&Yao,2018). Methodology Theapproachofthisresearchpaperisqualitative,andthedataarecollectedbyexaminingeverydayconversationsamongnativeEnglishspeakers.V