中美政治道歉言语行为社会认知对比研究

CONTENTS

ABSTRACT (ii)

摘要 (iv)

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS (vi)

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION (1)

1.1 A general description of the study (1)

1.2Significance of the study (3)

1.3Research methodology (6)

1.4 Overall structure of the thesis. (9)

1.5 Summary (10)

CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE REVIEW (12)

2.1 Previous studies of apologies abroad (12)

2.1.1 The definition of apologies (12)

2.1.2 Apology speech act (14)

2.1.3 Cross-cultural and intercultural researches on apologies (17)

2.2 Previous studies of apologies at home (19)

2.3 International and domestic studies of political apologies (22)

2.3.1 International studies of political apologies (22)

2.3.1.1 Identification of political apologies (22)

2.3.1.2 Classifications of political apologies (24)

2.3.1.3 Various approaches to political apology studies (25)

2.3.2 Domestic studies of political apologies (26)

2.4 Summary (28)

CHAPTER THREE THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK (31)

3.1 Socio-cognitive approach to pragmatics (31)

3.1.1 A general introduction of Kecskes’ SCA framework (31)

3.1.2 Individual and societal dimensions in SCA framework (32)

3.2 Socio-cognitive model of political apology interaction (37)

3.2.1 An introduction of socio-cognitive model of political apology

interaction (37)

3.2.2 Interaction between prior and actual situational contexts (39)

3.2.3 Interaction under egocentrism and cooperation mechanisms (40)

3.2.4 Interaction at attention-intention level (41)

3.3 Summary (42)

CHAPTER FOUR A SOCIO-COGNITIVE CONTRASTIVE STUDY OF AMERICAN AND CHINESE POLITICAL APOLOGY SPEECH ACTS (44)

4.1 Illocutionary force indicating devices in American and Chinese political speech acts (44)

4.1.1 IFIDs in American political speech acts (45)

4.1.2 IFIDs in Chinese political speech acts (58)

4.2 Comparison between American and Chinese political apology strategies (54)

4.2.1 Political apology speech act strategies (54)

4.2.2 Comparison between American and Chinese political apology speech act strategies (56)

4.3 A socio-cognitive contrastive study of discrepancies in Chinese and American political apology speech acts (62)

4.3.1 Realization of political apology strategies at prior-situational context

level (62)

4.3.1.1 American political apology strategies (62)

4.3.1.2 Chinese political apology strategies (64)

4.3.2 Realization of political apology strategies at egocentrism-cooperation

level (67)

4.3.2.1 American political apology strategies (67)

4.3.2.2 Chinese political apology strategies (70)

4.3.3 Realization of political apology strategies at attention-intention level (71)

4.3.3.1 American political apology strategies (71)

4.3.3.2 Chinese political apology strategies (72)

4.4 Summary (73)

CHAPTER FIVE CONCLUSION (76)

5.1 Major findings (76)

5.2 Theoretical and practical implications (78)

5.3 Limitations (79)

5.4 Suggestions for further studies (79)

REFERENCES (81)