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2009-4-10
完成时间:
2009-11-1
2009年11月1日
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毕业设计任务书…………………………………………………1
毕业设计成绩评定表……………………………………………2
答辩申请书……………………………………………………3-5
正文……………………………………………………………6-23
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课题CourtesyLanguageinBusinessNegotiations
一、课题(论文)提纲
0.引言
1.礼貌的理论研究
1.1布朗和列文森的礼貌理论
1.2利奇的礼貌原则
2.商务谈判中的礼貌语言
2.1词汇层面
2.1.1自我指称
2.1.2不定代词
2.1.3情态动词
2.1.4模糊语言
2.1.5礼貌用语
2.2句法层面
2.2.1被动语态
2.2.2问句
2.2.3条件句
2.2.4否定句
2.2.5转折句
3.礼貌理论在商务谈判中的作用
3.1有利于面子的维护
3.2有利于建立合作关系
3.3有利于营造和谐的谈判气氛
3.4有利于策略变通
3.5帮助维护自身利益
4.结语
二、内容摘要
商务谈判中,为谈判交际目的服务的礼貌语言呈现出其在商务谈判中独有的特点和规律。
布朗和列文森的礼貌理论为商务语言的礼貌研究提供了理论依据。
根据商务语言内在的礼貌含义,谈判语言区分为词汇和句法两个礼貌层级以及面子维护、关系建立、融洽气氛、策略便通、利益维护等五种语用功能。
三、参考文献
[1]何玲梅.夏决芬.曹耀萍.礼貌现象的语用特征[J].外语与外语教学.2006.(10)
[2]张春泉.第一人称代词的虚指及其心理动因[J].浙江大学学报(人文社会科学版).2005.(03)
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CourtesyLanguageinBusinessNegotiations
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Abstract:
InBusinessnegotiations,thecourtesylanguageservingforthepurposesofnegotiationcommunicationhasshownitsuniquecharacteristicsandlawsinbusinessnegotiations.BrownandLevinson'
scourtesytheorylaidatheoryfoundationforthestudyofthebusinesslanguage.Accordingtothemeaningofcourtesywithinthelanguageofbusiness,thecourtesylanguageisdividedintovocabularyandsyntactic,twolevelsofcourtesyaswellasfivekindsofpragmaticfunctions,includingfacesaving,relationshipbuilding,aharmoniousatmosphere,policymodificationandtheinterestsofmaintenance.
Keywords:
politeness;
businessnegotiations;
pragmatics;
strategy
0.Introduction
Courtesy,asasocialphenomenon,hasinfiltratedintoeveryaspectofpeople'
slives.Theexpertsandscholarsinvariousresearchfieldsareconstantlyexplore,analyzeitssubstance,principlesandstrategies,functionsaswellaseffectsandattempttoapplytheresultsofstudiesintopractice,sothatpeople’scommunicationandexchangecancarryonmoresmoothly.InternationalBusinessnegotiationisthenegotiationactivitiesbetweenthebothsidesofeconomicandtradecooperation,withthepurposesofreachingsomesortoftransactionorsolvingadispute.Thetwopartiesofnegotiationsbothhavecooperationsideandconflictside,andarealltryingtowinthegreatestbenefitsintheprocessofcooperationwitheachother.Thelevelsoflanguageartsofthenegotiationpartieshaveadirectimpactontheresultandeffectivenessofthenegotiations.Thepragmaticstrategyistoachievetheanticipatedpurposeofexchangetoflexibleapplicationofthewayofexpressionandskillofthelanguage.Courtesylanguage,asacommunicationtool,servesforthepurposesofspecialcommunication,showingitsuniquerulesandrolesunderthisparticularenvironmentofbusinessnegotiation.Thisthesis,startingfromtheangleofthepragmatics,givesaexplanationtothenatureofthecourtesyofthelanguage,aimingatthefunctionofthecourtesylanguagestrategiesinthenegotiations.
1.ThetheoreticalstudyofCourtesy
1.1BrownandLevinson’spolitenesstheory
Since1970,thepoliteissuesintheuseoflanguagehavebeenahottopicinthestudiesofpragmatics.In1987,theBritishscholarBrownandLevinsonpublished"
UniversalsinLanguageUsage:
PolitenessPhenomena"
thefirsttimehavecarriedonasystematicdiscussiononthecourtesyandface,andin1987theyimprovedtheirtheoryintothreebasicconcepts:
face,face-threateningactsaswellascourtesystrategies."
Face"
conceptreferstothedesireofeachperson'
spublicself-imagethattheyfightfor.Theyhavedividedthefaceinto"
positiveface"
and"
negativeface."
Positivefaceisthatpeoplewhowanttogetpraiseandunderstandingfromotherpeople,negativefaceisthatpeoplewhowanttoobtainbehavioralfreedom.Namely,theirownactionswerewithouttheinterferenceandobstructionofothers.BrownandLevinsonaccordingtothedifferentsituationsofthethreattotheobedientpeople’sface,andproposedtwokindsofcourtesyremedialmeasures,namely"
positivecourtesystrategy"
negativecourtesystrategy."
Theformeradoptsomemeanstoemphasizethecommoninterestsandaspirationsofthespeakerandthehearer,thelattermeansthatthespeakerexpressedsomesortofbehavioristoimposealastresort.
1.2TheLeech’sPolitenessprinciple
LinguistLeech(1983)onthefoundationofthepredecessor’sstudies,summarizedandclassifiedtheprinciplesofcourtesyanddivideditintothefollowingcriteria:
Policyguidelines:
tominimizethelossofotherssoastomaximizetheinterestsofothers;
Generousguidelines:
tominimizetheirowninterests,trytoincreasetheirownloss;
Recognitioncriteria:
tominimizethedegradingofotherssoastomaximizethepraiseofothers;
Modestyguidelines:
tominimizethepraiseoftheirownsoastomaximizetheirownderogatory;
Agreedcriteria:
tominimizethedifferencesbetweentheothers,andincreasethecommongroundbetweentheothersasmuchaspossible
Sympathycriteria:
tominimizetheresentmentofothers,trytoincreaseSympathytoothers.
Leechthinkthatpolitenessis"
Relativetothenormsforaparticularbehavior,seefrommanypointofviewisavariable."
Thatcanbeseenthatthecourtesyinpragmaticsisactuallythespeakerinordertoachieveacommunicativepurpose,combinedwithacertainenvironmentoflanguage,usingdifferentformoflanguagetochangethecommunicationscenario,socialrelations,orchangethestatusquoandthestrategiesadopted.
2.Thecourtesylanguageinbusinessnegotiations
HeMeiling(2006)belivedthat,inpragmatics,whatthecourtesyconcernedwithwasnotwhetherthepeoplearereallyfriendlytoothers,butwhatthespeakerwassaidandwhathaveimpactonthehearer.Ifwetaketheconversationasasystem,thesystemisconsistsoffourbasiccomponents:
conversationer,thecontentofconversation,theformatofconversationandthesceneofconversation.Theformofconversationcannotbeisolatelydecidedwhethertheactofspeechispoliteornot,whetherthecourtesyistheresultoftheinteractionbetweentheabove-mentionedfourelements.Undersuchabusinessnegotiationconversationenvironment,thenatureofthepoliteoflanguagecontentcanbeachievedfromtheinsideofthelanguage.Namely,thelevelofvocabularyandthelevelofsyntactic.
2.1Thevocabularylevel
2.1.1Theuseoffirstperson
Thefirst-personpronounisoneofthewaysthatthespeakerusedtodescribethemselvesandtheirtopicsaswellastherelationswiththehearer,therearepsychologicalrealityinthespecificenvironmentofthelanguage.Thisparticularphenomenonofspeechepitomizestheinteractionbetweenexpressionandacceptance,aswellasthecloseassociationbetweentheusersofspeech.Itschoicecanaffecttherelationshipbetweenthespeakerandthehearer,undercertaincircumstances,itaffecttheopinionofthehearertothespeaker.Forexample:
Sorry,Bill,but,can'
thaveamotionuntilwegetridofthisamendment.Sorry,Bill,butwecan'
thaveamotionuntilwegetridofthisamendment.Theformeroneandthelatteronemeansessentiallythesame,butthereisdifferenceattheextentofexpressionofintimaterelationshipbetweenthespeakerandthehearer.Intheformerone,thespeakeruse"
I"
expresstheattitudedirectly;
inthelatterone,"
we"
reducethespeaker'
sposition,maintainedtheequalrelationswiththehearer,atthesametime,italsoimpliesthatthespeakerisjustoneofthepersonswhomakethisdecisionsothatreducetheirownliability.
2.1.2Indefinitepronouns
Thecondemnationsexpressthedissatisfactiontothebehavior,individualoropinions.Theuseofindefinitepronounscanmakethespeaker’stoneseemsobjective,humilitywhenexpresstheirviews,asa"
negativecourtesy"
strategy,ithelpsthespeakerexpoundedtheviewjustright.Trytocomparethefollowingtwosentences:
Youshouldn'
tdothingslikethat.Oneshouldn'
tdothingslikethat.Obviously,thelateroneispolitethanthepreviousone,Theindefinitepronoun"
one"
putthefocusofdebateshiftedtosomethingfromapersonthatreducethelossofthehearer’sface.
21.3Modals
Themodalverb"
haveto"
"
must"
canplaya"
roleintheapology,implyingthatthespeaker'
sbehaviorresultofsomeexternalfactors,ratherthanthepersonalwill.Suchas:
Iamsorry,butIhavetocallourhomeofficeandthenmakeadecision.
2.1.4Vaguelanguage
The"
vaguelanguage"
isdefinedas"
theexpressionoftentativenessandpossibility”.Thepeoplefortheconsiderationoftheirownself-interestortheneedsofpolitetoothers,andtheirpowerofdiscourseareambiguous.Forexample:
Well,perhapsyoucouldrethinkthisissue.Suchas"
well"
perhaps"
just"
really"
actually"
certain1y"
"
possible"
thiskindofvaguewordsandphrasesthatleavealargeroomfortherecipientandallowthereceivertoestimatewhetheritisfeasibleornot,it’sa"
negativecourtesy"
strategy.Lookatthissentence:
Ithinktheimplicationsoftheretwotermsaredifferent."
think"
wonder"
andothervagueverbscanexpressthepsychologicalprocessesofthespeaker,andalsocanreducetheextentofthewillthat
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