Indirectness and Politeness in English Requests

Foreign language teachers may have long observed learners' grammatically correct, yet situationally inappropriate verbal communication. To make sure they conduct speech acts appropriately, language learners should possess communicative skills and pragmatic competence. This paper addresses how to raise learners' pragmatic awareness through making requests in English.By exploring the verbal indirectness and politeness of requests, the paper aims to facilitate learners' ability to make socially appropriate utterances.     

中国人的孝道心理观：含义、表征与启示

孝道主要包括孝心和孝行两方面内容。孝道的精髓之义在于：孝心为本，孝行为末；孝心是内核，孝行是孝心的载体。传统异化的孝道观主张“父为子纲”式的单向孝道思想，片面强调以“礼”待父母。当代要传承孝道，就要发挥孝道的积极功能；适当扩大与限定孝道的适用范围；舍弃他律孝道，倡导自律孝道；倡导平等、双向的孝慈式亲子关系。     

关于行政公益诉讼中原告资格的探讨

文章先介绍了行政公益诉讼的概念及特征,然后从行政公益诉讼的角度阐述拓展行政诉讼原告资格的必要性、做法及意义。     

生态视域下的大学英语教师课堂言语行为策略

在大学英语课堂上,教师言语行为是教师实施课堂教学的主要手段和媒介,同时也反映课堂教学的过程和方法。本文运用生态语言观及顺应论来分析大学英语教师课堂言语行为,探讨生态视域下的英语教师课堂言语行为的现状、生态教学规律,并在此基础上对生态视域下的英语教师课堂言语行为提出一些优化策略。     

The Necessity of Teaching Pragmatic Skills and Speech Acts in L2 Classroom

The current article mainly focuses on identifying pragmatic skills and speech acts,along with illustrating pragmatic failures in sec ond language learners.On the other hand,a brief discussion of the necessity of teaching pragmatic skills and speech acts is provided.     

《陈情表》"拒绝"艺术的语用学分析

《陈情表》的题旨是＂辞不就职＂,不符合会话的＂合作原则＂,但其作者李密充分运用＂礼貌原则＂中的同情准则、一致准则、赞誉准则和谦逊准则,辩证处理合作原则与礼貌原则的关系,博得了会话对象晋武帝的同情与嘉许,成功地实现了其言语行为的目的。其＂拒绝＂艺术有很高的语用学价值。