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Study on the Pragmatic Differences of Chinese Politeness Principles and English Politeness Principles

Xie Xi-rong

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This paper firstly gives a brief introduction on English politeness principles and Chinese politeness principles and then makes a comparison between them.In order to find out that China and English-speaking countries have different pragmatic differences of politeness standards,different strategies and the causes of the differences.

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This paper firstly gives a brief introduction on English politeness principles and Chinese politeness principles and then makes a comparison between them.In order to find out that China and English-speaking countries have different pragmatic differences of politeness standards,different strategies and the causes of the differences.

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This paper firstly gives a brief introduction on English politeness principles and Chinese politeness principles and then makes a comparison between them.In order to find out that China and English-speaking countries have different pragmatic differences of politeness standards,different strategies and the causes of the differences.

Key concepts: Politeness, Politeness theory, Politeness maxims, Linguistics, China, Psychology, Order (exchange), Sociology

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