A Study on English Politeness Terms and Teaching Application in Cultural Communication
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Abstract
Politeness is a common social phenomenon in various cultures. Polite language is an important means in people's
daily language communication. Different cultures have different polite language. Politeness is an essential aspect
of language communicative competence, and cultivating students' intercultural communicative competence is one
of the main objectives of foreign language teaching. In this context, in order to avoid conflicts and
misunderstandings in cross-cultural communication, it is very important to know how to use polite expressions
correctly. Therefore, this paper analyzes the different politeness principles between China and the West and the
pragmatic differences between English and Chinese politeness expressions in greetings, appellations, thanks and
compliments. In order to provide some enlightenment for the cultivation of students' communicative competence in
English teaching.