Having long been recognized as the primary research area where the politeness and impoliteness phenomena are examined,studies of speech acts including compliment,thanks and apologies provide insights into politeness n...Having long been recognized as the primary research area where the politeness and impoliteness phenomena are examined,studies of speech acts including compliment,thanks and apologies provide insights into politeness norms in different speech communities,and seek to define social variables that conduce to impoliteness in the intercultural contexts.This paper is intended to present a sophisticated illumination of how the concepts of impoliteness differentiate between cultures,and further discuss distinct cultural expectations and social values shared by western and eastern societies.展开更多
文摘Having long been recognized as the primary research area where the politeness and impoliteness phenomena are examined,studies of speech acts including compliment,thanks and apologies provide insights into politeness norms in different speech communities,and seek to define social variables that conduce to impoliteness in the intercultural contexts.This paper is intended to present a sophisticated illumination of how the concepts of impoliteness differentiate between cultures,and further discuss distinct cultural expectations and social values shared by western and eastern societies.
