题 目从礼貌原则视角谈被动语态在商务
信函中的运用
题目类别 商 务 英 语 学生姓名 钟 小 红 考 籍 号 071111100266
中 南 大 学
CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY 高等教育自学考试英语专业毕业论文
单位或学校 中南大学继续教育学院
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A STUDY ON THE APPLICATION OF PASSIVE VOICE IN BUSINESS CORRESPONDENCE FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF
POLITENESS PRINCIPLE
by Zhong Xiaohong (071111100266)
August 2012
Further Education College of Central South Unive
Acknowledgements
First of all, I would like to extend my sincere thanks to my respected supervisor Miss Zhang Ni for her enlightenment and sufficient support in both my academic study and daily life. This thesis is accomplished under the guidance and exhaustive revisions of her, to whom goes my deepest gratitude and admiration.
I am also grateful to all the other teachers of my undergraduate studies in school for their excellent lectures and great helps in my academic study.
Thanks also go to my friends and classmates, who gave me assistance in study and made my life colorful in three years.
Last but not least, my special gratitude must go to my family for their encouragements and constant supports. Without their unselfish help, I could not have completed this thesis.
Contents
Abstract ····································································································· i 摘 要 ······································································································· ii Introduction ······························································································ 1 Chapter 1 A Brief Introduction to Business Correspondence ················ 2 1.1 Writing Principles of Business Correspondence ······························· 2 1.2 Classification of Business Correspondence ······································ 4 Chapter 2 An Overview of Politeness Principle ······································ 7 2.1 Definition of Politeness ···································································· 7 2.2 The Development of Politeness Principle ········································· 8 2.3 Strategies of Realizing Politeness ····················································· 9 Chapter 3 Application of Politeness Principle within Passive Voice in Business Correspondence ························································ 12 3.1 Application of Tact Maxim ····························································· 12 3.2 Application of Generosity Maxim ·················································· 14 3.3 Application of Approbation Maxim ················································ 15 3.4 Application of Modest Maxim ························································ 16 3.5 Application of Agreement Maxim ·················································· 18 3.6 Application of Sympathy Maxim ··················································· 19
Conclusion ······························································································ 21 Bibliography ··························································································· 22