中文访谈节目中的礼貌和面子——批评性语篇分析新视角(…

The purpose of this thesis is to examine the linguistic representations of facework strategies in contemporary Chinese interaction. What is of particular interest in this research is to study the extent to which lacework and hierarchy are inextricably linked in interactions between high-ranking government officials and ordinary people. The research will be conducted by identifying and analysing the linguistic realizations of facework and hierarchy as they occur in selected television interviews. By siting the analysis within the framework of Critical Discourse Analysis, and in particular the three-dimensional framework proposed by Norman Fairclough, the research aims to discover the hierarchical power relations in these interactions and their potential underlying social and cultural causes. Through studying the linguistic realisations of facework strategies as reflected in interactions between power unequals, the research will firstly address the question of whether these provide evidence whether, or the extent to which, hierarchy remains a key feature of Chinese society. The study will also investigate the role social and cultural norms and contexts have played in the development of politeness strategies, especially those that appear uniquely Chinese. Finally, the study will answer the question of whether the identified politeness strategies are indicative of new social phenomena and rules of conduct in transitional China. It is concluded in the research that despite the great economic and social reforms which have taken place in China in the past decades, Chinese social culture remains hierarchical, and that this hierarchy is reflected in the facework strategies employed by high-ranking government officials and ordinary people. It is also shown in this study that Chinese social and cultural norms and contexts have great impact upon people' s employment of facework strategies. And the identified strategies also show that change is developing and that this change is characterized by an increasing promotion of self and an increasing respect for individuals and the protection of individual interests and privacy.