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TheStudyofPragmaticFailureCausedbyChineseandWesternCulturalDifferences
SJ006-1
CHANGZHOUINSTITUTEOFTECHNOLOGY
毕业论文
题目:
TheStudyofPragmaticFailureCausedbyChineseandWesternCulturalDifferences
二级学院(直属学部):
外国语学院
专业:
英语
班级:
09英二
学生姓名:
张怡
学号:
09070230
指导教师姓名:
陈婧
职称:
副教授
评阅教师姓名:
职称:
2013年5月
TheStudyofPragmaticFailureCausedbyChineseandWesternCulturalDifferences
by
ZhangYi
UndertheSupervisionof
Ms.ChenJing
Submittedinpartialfulfillment
Oftherequirementsforthedegreeof
BachelorofArts
SchoolofForeignLanguages
ChangzhouInstituteofTechnology
May2013
TableofContents
Acknowledgements…………………………………………………………………....i
Abstract&KeywordsinEnglish……………………………………………………..ii
Abstract&KeywordsinChinese…………………………………………………....iii
Introduction…………………………………………………………………………...1
1.DiscussionofKeyTermsinthePaper……………………………………………...2
1.1.PragmaticFailure……………………………………………………………....2
1.2.CulturalDifferences…………………………………………………………...3
1.3.ABriefLiteratureReview……………………………………………………..3
2.ClassificationsofthePragmaticFailure…………………………………………....4
2.1.PragmalinguisticFailure……………………………………………………….4
2.2.SociopragmaticFailure………………………………………………………...6
2.3.PragmabehavioralFailure….…………………………………………………..8
3.PragmaticFailuresCausedbyCulturalDifferences……………………………....10
3.1.DifferentCustoms…………………………………………………………….10
3.2.DifferentThoughtPattern…………………………………………………….11
3.3.DifferentValuesandCodeofConduct……………………………………….12
4.CountermeasurestoPragmaticFailure………………………………………..…..14
4.1.SocialinguisticCompetenceEnhancement…………………………………...14
4.2.CulturalAwarenessStrengthening………………………………………...….15
Conclusion…………………………………………………………………………....15
References……………………………………………………………………………17
Acknowledgements
Thisthesishasbeenbenefitedalotfromtheinsightsandassistancefrommanyauthorsandscholarswhosenameshavebeenlistedinthebibliography.
Firstofall,IwouldliketotakethisopportunitytoexpressmysinceregratitudetomysupervisorMs.ChenJingforhergenerousandpatientguidancetohelpmefinishmythesisandforherpatienceandcarefulnessinobservingeachdraftofmythesis.
Secondly,mysincerethanksalsogotomyroommatesandmyfriends,whogivemeprecioussuggestionsandgenerousassistancesallthetime.
Finally,mygratitudeisreservedtomyparentsfortheircare,encouragementandunderstandingthroughoutmywritingofthethesis.
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Abstract:
Withtheglobalizationofeconomy,cross-culturalcommunicationisincreasingrapidlyinthewholeworldanditisbecominganimportantpartinourdailylife.Pragmaticfailuresfrequentlyannouncetheirpresenceincross-culturalcommunication,whichhasdrawntheattentionoflanguagelearnersandlinguists.Thisstudyhasbeenundertakentoanalyzethepragmaticfailureincross-culturalcommunicationsoastohaveafurtherunderstandingtowardstheculturaldifferences.Thepurposeofthisstudyistohelptheforeignlanguagelearnersandthepeoplewhoareinvolvedincross-culturalnegotiationsreducemisunderstandingsthatcausedbypragmaticfailures,toimprovetheirpragmaticcompetenceandtofacilitatetheircross-culturalcommunication.Apartfromintroductionandconclusion,thispaperconsistsoffourparts.Partoneisadiscussionofthekeytermsandparttwocentersaroundtheclassificationsofthepragmaticfailure.Partthreeanalyzesthepragmaticfailurecausedbyculturaldifferences,andpartfourprovidesthecountermeasurestoreducepragmaticfailure.
Keywords:
pragmaticfailure;culturaldifferences;cross-culturalcommunication
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摘要:
随着经济的全球化,跨文化交际在世界范围内迅速发展起来并成为人们生活的重要组成部分。
语用失误在跨文化交际中非常普遍,引起众多语言学习者及语言研究者的关注。
为了对文化差异有进一步的理解,本文将着重分析跨文化交际中的语用失误。
本文的主要目的是帮助语言学习者和身处跨文化交际中的人们减少因文化差异而导致的语用失误甚至是误解,提高他们的语用能力,促进跨文化交际。
除简介及结论外,本文由四个部分构成。
第一部分主要介绍文中所涉及的一些专业术语。
第二部分通过举例分析了跨文化交际中的三类语用失误,即语言语用失误和社交语用失误和行为语用失误。
第三部分讨论了造成跨文化交际语用失误的三个主要原因。
第四部分提供了一些避免跨文化交际语用失误的策略。
关键词:
语用失误;文化差异;跨文化交际
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Introduction
Nowadays,withtherapiddevelopmentofworldwidetransportationandcommunicationnetworks,themodernworldischaracterizedasaglobalvillage.Livinginthisglobalvillage,peopleallovertheworldkeepcontactwitheachother.Theysharenews,ideas,valuesandotherinformation.Therefore,cross-culturalcommunicationhasbecomeindispensabletoday.
Cross-culturalcommunicationreferstocommunicationbetweenpeoplefromdifferentculturalbackgrounds.However,therearesomecauseswhichleadtotheinterculturalmiscommunication,suchaslinguisticmistakesandpragmaticfailures.Butpragmaticfailuresareworsethanlinguisticmistakes.Theymaycauseuncomfortablefeelingsbetweenspeakersofdifferentculturalbackgrounds.JustasWolfson(1983:
62)pointsout,“Ininteractingwithforeigners,nativespeakerstendtoberathertolerantoferrorsinpronunciationorsyntax.Incontrast,violationsofrulesofspeakingareofteninterpretedasbadmanners,sincethenativespeakerisunlikelytobeawareofsociolinguisticrelativity.”Inaword,muchattentionshouldbepaidtotheinter-culturalcommunication.Onlybyunderstandingculturaldifferences,learningpragmaticfailures,strengtheningculturalawareness,andapplyingcommunicationstrategiesproperlycanwemakeasuccessfulcross-culturalcommunication.
Thispaperaimstomakeastudyofpragmaticfailuresincommunication,toanalyzethereasonswhypeoplemakesuchkindofpragmaticfailures,andtoprovidesomeeffectivemethodsforpeopletodevelopthecross-culturalcommunicativecompetence.Alsothispaperaimstohelppeoplehaveabasicknowledgeofpragmaticfailureandprovidesomestrategiestoimprovepeople’scompetenceincross-culturalcommunication.
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Apartfromintroductionandconclusion,thispaperconsistsoffourparts.Partoneintroducessomebasicdefinitionsofthetermsinthisstudyandparttwofocusesonthethreetypesofpragmaticfailurewithfreshexamples.Partthreeanalyzesthepragmaticfailurescausedbyculturaldifferences,andpartfourprovidessomeeffectivemethodstoavoidpragmaticfailure.
1.DiscussionofKeyTermsinthePaper
Thissectionconsistsofthreeparts.Thedefinitionofpragmaticfailureisdiscussedfirst,followedbythediscussionoftheculturaldifferencesandabriefliteraturereview.
1.1PragmaticFailures
Incross-culturalcommunication,peoplefromdifferentculturesspeakthesamelanguage,buttheircommunicationmaybreakdownduetopragmaticdifferencesinwaysofthinking,rulesofspeaking,socialvalues,lexicalconnotationsandotherfactors.
PragmaticfailureisfirstproposedbyThomas(1983:
91)torefertotheinabilitywhatismeantbywhatissaid.Thomasusestheterm“failure”ratherthan“error”because,althoughgrammarcanbejudgedaccordingtoprescriptiverules,thenatureofpragmaticpatternsissuchthatitisimpossibletosaythatpragmaticforceofanutteranceiswrong(Thomas,1983:
648).
AccordingtoProfessorHeZiran(1997:
57),pragmaticfailureiscausedbythespeakerwhocan’tspeakappropriatelyinaspecificsituation,orcan’tuseEnglishaccustomedtothedifferentculturalcommunication,whichleadstothehearer’smisunderstandingofthespeaker’sintention.Leech(1983:
105)said“thetransferofthenormsofonecommunitytoanothermaywellleadtopragmaticfailure”.
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Pragmaticfailures,whicharisewhenspeakerscan’tproduceappropriateutterancesorcan’treachproperlytoanutteranceorcontext,arequitecommonamongEnglishlearnersinChina.Pragmaticfailureisnotcausedbytheaspectofwronggrammar,orinappropriatesyntax,butmainlyduetotheunsuitablespeakingmanner,orspeakingatunsuitabletimeorfailuretokeepupwiththenativespeaker’sexpressivehabitandsoon.Itispragmaticfailurethatisanimportantsourceofcross-culturalcommunicationbreakdowns.Acompetentlanguageuser,especiallyforanon-nativeEnglishspeaker,shouldknowtherulesoflanguageuseandunderstandthecultureofthetargetlanguageinordertoavoidthepragmaticfailures.
1.2CulturalDifferences
AccordingtoZhuHongboandZhangLiang(2001:
73),cultureisthetotalaccumulationofbeliefs,customs,values,behaviors,institutionsandcommunicationpatternsthatareshared,learnedandpasseddownthroughthegenerations.
Thecultureofeachsocietyisnotidentical,andpeopleinthesamesocietyaredistributedindifferentregions,dividedintodifferentgroups.Althoughthesepeopleliveinthesamesocialandnaturalenvironment,theirsocialactivitiesandrelationshipnetworksarefarfromeachother.Suchdifferenceleadsthemtohavedifferentunderstandingsoftheenvironmentandsocietyandformdifferentvaluesanddifferentrulesofbehavior.
Incross-culturalcommunication,culturaldifferenceinevitablycreatesbarrierstoeffectivecommunication,becausepeoplecomplywithdifferentsetsofnormsandrulesofsocialinteraction.Forexample,theChineseEnglishlearnersmaybequitefamiliarwiththeEnglishgrammaticalrules,buttheymayignorethefactthatthenativeEnglishspeakersrespondtocomplimentsandapologizedifferently,engageindifferentformsofpoliteinteraction,adoptdifferentwaysofmakingrequestsandsoon.
1.3ABriefLiteratureReview
Manyexpertsandscholarshomeandabroadhavemadesignificantresearchesintothefieldofpragmaticfailuresincommunication.
ThelogicianH.P.Grice’stheoryofconversationalimplicatureisthefoundationofmodernpragmatics.ButitisJennyThomasthatfirstproposesthenotionofpragmaticfailureinherCross-CulturalPragmaticFailurein1983,definingitas“theinabilitytounderstand.”(Thomas,1983:
93)
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