通过中美恭维语对比分析霍尔高低语境理论.docx

摘要它明确或含蓄地表恭维语是一种积极的言语行为，常被称为社会交往的“润滑剂”，明了说话人对听话人的某些“好”事物，包括所有物、品质、才智或能力的称赞给 出恰当的恭维语不仅可以为社会人际关系服务，还可以维持说话人之间的和谐但随 着时代的演变 和文化背景的累积，人与人的交流之间不再单单局限于话语的字面意思， 恭维语也开始衍生出除称赞之外的含义本文以霍尔 “高低语境理论”为理论基础，分别从中美脱口秀节目《吐槽大会》和《喜剧中心吐槽大会》中选取 100句恭维话语作为研究对象，采用定性分析法和对比 法，分析三种不同种类的恭维语在中美人际交往中的表现方式和使用目的，并归纳总 结不同含义的恭维语在不同情况下所属的文化语境本文从一个新的视角对中西方恭维语进行对比再从中反观高低语境理论， 加深了对于霍尔高低语境文化理论的理解，使人们对于该理论有进一步的认识，对于建立良好的 社交关系以及跨文化交际实践具有一定的积极意义关键词：恭维语；高语境；低语境；跨文化对比AbstractComplime nt often refer to as the “ lubrica nt ” of social in teract ion, is a positive actof speech that clearly or implicitly indicates the speaker's appreciation of certain "good" things of the listener, including possessions, qualities, talents, or abilities. Giving the right complime nt can not only serve the social relati on ship, but also maintain the harmony between speakers. But with the evolution of the times and the accumulati on of cultural backgro und, the com muni cati on betwee n people is no tlimited to the literal meaning of the words, and the complime ntaryIan guage begi ns to derive meaning bey ond praise merely.The study respectively selects 42 complime ntary senten ces from the Chin ese and 58 fromAmerica n talk shows Roast and Comedy Cen tral Roast as the object of study, based on Hall 's high-c on text and low-c on text cultural theory, appl ying the research methods of comparative an alysis to record three categories of complime nts in Chin ese and America n in terpers onal com muni cati on, and summarize the differe nt kinds of the complime ntary Ian guage that un der differe nt circumsta nces bel onging to the cultural con text.This thesis studies Chin ese and Western complime ntary Ian guage from a new perspective, and the n reflects the high-con text and low-con text cultural theory. It deepe ns the un dersta nding of Hall ' s high-c on text and low-c on text cultural theory.In additi on, it has some positive sig nifica nee to establish harm onious social relati ons and meanin gful for the practice of cross-cultural com muni cati on.Keywords: Complime nt; High-c on text; Low-c on text; Cross-cultural comparis on燕山大学本科生毕业论文IIContents摘要IAbstract IIContents IIIList of Tables VChapter 1 In troduct ion 11.1 Background of the study 11.2 Objective of the study 21.3 Research sig nifica nee 21.4 Layout of the thesis 3Chapter 2 Literature Review 42.1 Previous studies on complime nt 42.1.1 Previous studies on complime nt abroad 42.1.2 Previous studies on complime nt at home 62.2 Previous studies on Hall ' s high-c on text and low-c on text cultural theory 72.2.1 Previous studies on Halls high-c on text and low-c on text cultural theory abroad 7|_2.2.2 Previous studies on Halls high-c on text and low-c on text cultural theory at home 92.3 Space of the study 9Chapter 3 Research Desig n 113.1 Theoretical framework 113.2 Research method 133.3 Data collection 13-I3.4 Research steps 14Chapter 4 Data An alysis and Discussi on 154.1 Comparis on betwee n Chin ese complime nts and America n complime nts 154.2 An alysis of the selected complime nts 174.2.1 Compliments in the Chinese talk show 174.2.2 Compliments in the American talk show 204.3 Research discussi on 23Chapter 5 Con clusi on 255.1 Major findings of the study 255.2 Limitations of the study 255.3 Suggesti ons for further study 26Refere nces 28Appe ndix 30ContentsIVList of TablesTable 2-1 8Table 2-2 8Table 4-1 23List of TablesVIIIChapter 1 In troduct ionThis chapter in troduces backgro und, objectives and outl ine of the study and hopefully it can provide readers with a basic understanding of this study.1.1 Backgro und of the studyWith the fast pace of globalization, people of different countries can obtain more opport un ities to com muni cate with each other tha n before. An in creas ing nu mber of people will take part in cross-cultural com muni cati on. As a stude nt of En glish major, the author deeply realizes that Ian guage users n eed to be compete nt not only lin guistically but also com muni catively. If people from differe nt culture can be aware of the differe nces existi ng betwee n cultures, they will become more patie nt and tolera nt whe n they com muni cate with others. And certai nly this will also help lead to successful com muni cati ons. This will help people to know more about complime nt-response and facilitate people to use it appropriately. What ' s more, with a better un derstanding of differe nt con text cultures, it is more con ducive to reduci ng con flicts while people com muni cat ing with other coun tries ' people.Hall(1976) proposed and disti nguished high-c on text and low-c on text culture terms of how the com muni cative in formati on is coded. Accord ing to Hall ' s an alysis, Heran ked twelve coun tries of differe nt cultures in “ low-c on text ” to “ high-c on textand Chin ese culture has a high-c on 。