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VI.ConclusionStudyingonelanguagebutnotunderstandingitscultureisjustlikestudyingaseriesofsymbolsthathasnomeaning.Therefore,it’snecessarytodoacomparativestudyofEnglishandChinesecompliments,becauseonlywhenwedomasteralanguage,canwecomplimentothersandreceivecomplimentsproperly,keepandpromotepeople’srelationshipsuccessfully.Thenwewillkeepcross-culturalcommunicationeffectively.ThethesisstudiedthecomplimentsfromaspectoflinguisticandpragmaticandtheresultsshowsimilaritiesanddifferencesinEnglishandChinesecompliments.Therearetwocategoriesoftopics,thefirstoneisAppearanceandPossession;andthesecondisAbilityorAchievement,andtheformeroneisthemostcommonone.Buttheydifferintopicdistributionandstressing.Forexample,Englishcomplimentstendtomakecomplimentsonpersonalappearancewhicharetheresultofdeliberateeffort,whileChinesecomplimentsputemphasisonnaturalbeauty.Withregardtocomplimentforms,Chinesecomplimentsmakeuseofadverbsmorefrequentlyandthenumberofadverbswhichoccursincomplimentsislimited.TheAmericanfrequentlyusedsyntacticpattern,suchasIlove/likeNP,butitseldomoccursinChinese.Whenitcomestothecomplimentresponses,itconcludesthatEnglishspeakersaremore1ikelytoacceptthecompliments,atleastinform,whereasChinesespeakersaremorelikelytorejectcomplimentsthantoacceptthembecauseChinesepeopleareundertheeffectofthetraditionalideaof“polite”and“demoteoneselftohonorothers”,also,accordingtodifferentsex,age,educationdegree,andsocialstate,Chinesepeoplehavedifferentresponsestrategies.TheresultsareasthesameofChinesescholar(ShiNing,1997).Thosedifferencesbetweentwocountriesowntothedifferentculturebecausedifferentculturehasdifferentruletomeasureapersonpoliteornot.Indifferentculture,peoplehasdifferentvalueorientation,evenindifferentperiodofhistory,theemphasisofpeople’svalueorientationaredifferent.Sowecansaythatlanguageandcultureareinseparable,wecanusethiskindofspeechactmoreaccuratelyonlywhenwedomasterthistwolanguagesandtheirculture.References[1]A.Pomerantz.Complimentresponses:notesontheco-operationofmultipleconstraints[C].NewYork:Academic.1978.[2]G.Leech.PrinciplesofPragmatic[M].London:Longman.1983.[3]J.Manes＆N.Wolfson.TheComplimentFormula[A].ConversationalRoutine[C].TheHagus:Mouton.1980.[4]J.Manes.＆Wolfson.Compliments:Amirrorofculturalvalues[A].SociolinguisticsandLanguage[C].1983.[5]J.Holmes＆D.F.Brown.ComplimentsandcomplimentresponsesinNewZealandEnglish[J].AnthropologicalLinguistics28.1987.[6]ManesandWolfson.Thecomplimentformula[C].TheHague:MoutonPublishers.198[7]N.Wolfson＆J.Manes.TheComplimentasasocialstrategy[J].PapersinLinguistics13.1980.[8]R.K.Herbert＆H.S.Straight.Compliment-rejectionVS.Compliment-avoidance[Z].LanguageandCommunication.1989.[9]R.K.Herbert.Sex-basedDifferencesinComplimentBehavior[J].LanguageinSociety10.1990.[10]ZuoHuanqi.VerbalinteractionsofcomplimentinAmericanEnglishandChinese[C].Shanghai:ShanghaiTranslation.1988.[11]孔孜.跨文化视域中的英汉恭维语对比研究[J].曲阜师范大学报,2008(3).[12]林峰.英汉恭维语跨文化对比研究[J].曲阜师范大学学报,2000(2).[13]韦丽春.英汉恭维语对比研究[D].广西大学,2000(1).[14]郭爱先.美国称赞语的应答模式[J].外语与外语教学,1998(10).[15]石宁.英汉称赞语之比较[J].中国人民大学学报,1997(4).[16]周红霞.跨文化交际中的英汉恭维语比较[J].语文学刊,2008(19).[17]赵英玲.英语称赞语的应答模式[J].外语与外语教学,1998(10).[18]邹为诚.论英语称赞语的交际模式[J].外国语,1990(1).AcknowledgementsOnthecompletionofthisthesis,Iwouldliketoexpressmydeepestgratitudetothosewhoseassistanceandsupporthavemadethisthesisreality.MysincerethanksareduetomytutorQuPing,whohasbeenguidingmythesisfromstarttofinish.Withoutherguidance,insightfuladvice,andkindencouragement;thisthesiswouldnothavebeenaccomplished.Iamalsogratefultoothertutorswithoutwhosekindenc