Compliments are always sweet to ears,but sometimes,they are burdensome and unwanted.Due to cultural differences,people in different countries have different reactions towards compliments.Facing the unwanted compliment...Compliments are always sweet to ears,but sometimes,they are burdensome and unwanted.Due to cultural differences,people in different countries have different reactions towards compliments.Facing the unwanted compliments which will cause embarrassment and constitute a FTA(Face-threatening act),interpreters have to take several strategies to deal with them,so as to save faces and images for both the primary interlocutors and themselves and thus make a contribution to the cross-cultural exchanges.展开更多
Through comparing the data collected in different time, this paper explores the changes of Chinese compliments and compliment responses during the recent fifteen years, and also studies the differences of compliments ...Through comparing the data collected in different time, this paper explores the changes of Chinese compliments and compliment responses during the recent fifteen years, and also studies the differences of compliments and compliment responses among different genders and generations as well as different cultures in order to have a better communication and to better adapt in these rapidly developed world.展开更多
The backhanded compliment is a special language phenomenon. A backhanded compliment is a compliment on its appearance, but its implication meaning may be an insult. The reason why speakers do not adopt direct insult i...The backhanded compliment is a special language phenomenon. A backhanded compliment is a compliment on its appearance, but its implication meaning may be an insult. The reason why speakers do not adopt direct insult instead of using this kind of ambiguous expression is that backhanded compliments can serve two main social functions such as: being humor and acting as a face-saving strategy to mute the meaning of insult.展开更多
文摘Compliments are always sweet to ears,but sometimes,they are burdensome and unwanted.Due to cultural differences,people in different countries have different reactions towards compliments.Facing the unwanted compliments which will cause embarrassment and constitute a FTA(Face-threatening act),interpreters have to take several strategies to deal with them,so as to save faces and images for both the primary interlocutors and themselves and thus make a contribution to the cross-cultural exchanges.
文摘Through comparing the data collected in different time, this paper explores the changes of Chinese compliments and compliment responses during the recent fifteen years, and also studies the differences of compliments and compliment responses among different genders and generations as well as different cultures in order to have a better communication and to better adapt in these rapidly developed world.
文摘The backhanded compliment is a special language phenomenon. A backhanded compliment is a compliment on its appearance, but its implication meaning may be an insult. The reason why speakers do not adopt direct insult instead of using this kind of ambiguous expression is that backhanded compliments can serve two main social functions such as: being humor and acting as a face-saving strategy to mute the meaning of insult.
