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本科毕业论文（设计）资料姓名：高越学号：0311070104学院：外语学院专业：英语班级：07级1班指导教师：韩清AComparativeStudyonChineseandAmericanRefusal中美拒绝语的对比研究Major:English专业：英语Author:GaoYue作者：高越Supervisor:HanQing指导教师：韩清University:EasternLiaoningUniversity学位授予单位：辽东学院Time:June,2011完成时间：2011年6月辽东学院本科毕业论文原创性声明本人郑重声明：此处所提交的本科毕业论文《中美拒绝语的对比研究》是本人在导师指导下，在辽东学院外语学院学习期间独立进行研究所取得的成果。据本人所知，论文中除已注明部分外不包含他人已发表或撰写过的研究成果，对本文的研究工作做出重要贡献的个人和集体均已注明。本声明的法律结果与导师无关，将完全由本人承担。作者签名：日期：年月日辽东学院本科毕业论文（设计）版权使用授权书本论文作者及指导教师完全了解“辽东学院论文版权使用规定”，同意辽东学院保留并向国家有关部门或机构送交毕业论文的复印件和电子版，允许论文被查阅和借阅。本人授权辽东学院可以将本学位论文的全部或部分内容编入有关数据库进行检索，也可采用影印、缩印或扫描等复制手段保存和汇编毕业论文。作者签名：导师签名：年月日辽东学院本科毕业论文IACKNOWLEDGEMENTSUponthefinishofthispaper,AComparativeStudyonChineseandAmericanRefusal,I’dliketoexpressmysincereappreciationtoallthosewhohavehelpedmeinthecourseofmywritingthispaper.First,Ihavemydeepestgratitudetomysupervisor,Ms.HanQing,whohasgivenmetheconstantencouragement,andthevaluableinstruction.Herinstructionenabledmetoexpressmyideainabetterway.Hergreatpatienceandinsightfulsupervisionplayedavitalpartinthecompletionofthepaper.Withoutherenlighteningadviceandencouragement,thispaperwouldn’tbefinished.Second,mythankswouldgotomyclassmatesandfriendsfortheirpatienceinansweringmyquestionsduringmythesiswriting.Finally,Iwouldliketoextendmythankstomybelovedfamily,fortheirsupportandencouragement.辽东学院本科毕业论文IIABSTRACTRefusal,asauniversalphenomenon,hasattractedwideattentionintheacademiccircle.Asrefusalisakindofface-threateningactioninessence,peopletrytheirbesttomakerefusalsoundpolite.However,thewayspeopleuserefusalvaryfromculturetoculture.Againstthebackgroundofdeepeninginter-culturalcommunication,knowledgeofthelanguagecannolongersatisfytheneedsofcommunication.Therefore,thispaperattemptstostudyonthedifferencesbetweenChineseandAmericanusageoftherefusalandreasons,tooffersomeimplicationsfortheinternationalcommunicators.Thispaperisdividedintofourparts.Theintroductionpartgivesabriefaccountoftheresearchbackgroundandsignificance.ThesecondpartmakesacomparativestudyondifferencesbetweenChineseandAmericanrefusalfromtwoaspects:waysofusingrefusalandintentionofusingrefusal.Thethirdpartmainlyanalyzesthereasonsfromthreeaspects:culturalvalue,powerdistanceandcontextculture.TheconclusionpartexplicitlypointsoutthattherefusalisusedquitedifferentlyinAmericaandChina,anditsummarizesthemainreasonscausingthosedifferences.Thispartalsospecifiessomelimitationsinthestudy,andinaddition,itproposessomesuggestionsforthepeopleinvolvedintheinterculturalcommunication.Keywords:refusal,differences,culture辽东学院本科毕业论文III内容摘要拒绝语是一种普遍现象，也是学术界研究的焦点之一。由于拒绝语在本质上是一种威胁面子的行为，所以人们会想方设法让拒绝行为显得礼貌。拒绝语的用法在不同的文化中存在着差异。在跨文化交际日益深入的今天，单纯掌握语言层面的差异已经远远不能满足交际的需求。因此，本文试图探究中美拒绝语在使用方面的差异，并剖析成因，旨在为跨文化交际者提供一些启示。本文分为四个部分。引言部分简要介绍研究的背景和意义。第二部分着重从两个个方面比较研究中美拒绝语的差异，包括拒绝语使用的方式以及拒绝的目的。第三部分着重从三个方面探究造成差异的原因，包括文化价值观、权力距离以及语境文化。结论部分明确指出了拒绝语的使用在中美两国之间存在着明显的差异，并总结了造成这些差异的主要原因。此外，结论部分还指出了一些有待于研究的问题，为跨文化交际者提供了一些建议。关键词：拒绝语差异文化辽东学院本科毕业论文IVCONTENTSAcknowledgements……………………………………………………….IAbstract.......................................................................错误!未定义书签。内容摘要...................................................................................................IIIContents…………………………………………………………………IV1Introduction.............................................................................错误!未定义书签。2DifferencesbetweenChineseandAmericanRefusal...................................12.1Differentwaysofusingrefusal............................................................................12.1.1MoreindirectrefusalinChinese.................................................................12.1.2MoredirectrefusalinAmerican.................................................................22.2Differentintentionofusingrefusal......................................................................32.2.1SavingfaceandshowingpolitenessinChinese.........................................32.2.2EnsuringclarityandeffectivenessinAmerican..........................................43ReasonscausingDifferencesinChineseandAmericanRefusal...............53.1Reasonofculturalvalue.......................................................................................53.1.1IndividualisminAmericanculture..............................................................53.1.2CollectivisminChineseculture..................................................................63.2Reasonofpowerdistance....................................................................................73.2.1LowpowerdistanceinAmericanculture...................................................73.2.2HighpowerdistanceinChineseculture.....................................................7辽东学院本科毕业论文V3.3Reasonofcontextculture.....................................................................................83.3.1LowcontextinAmericanculture................................................................93.3.2HighcontextinChineseculture..................................................................94Conclusions..........................................................................