Abstract: Euphemisms are applied in various fields in a wide range. Different euphemisms reflect different customs and social psychology in different countries. According to The Dictionary of English Euphemisms, euphemism is a kind of dec...

Abstract: With the rapid development of global economy, the communication between countries is becoming more frequent. Compliment, a kind of positive speech act, is frequently used in both Chinese and English human communication. Complime...

Abstract: Body language is a form of mental and physical ability of human non-verbal communication, consisting of body posture, gestures, facial expressions, and eye movements. Humans send and interpret such signals almost entirely subcon...

Abstract: Diet has a close relation with cultures. Different cultures create different dietary cultures, so dietary cultures have features of diversity and ethnicity. Food cultures between China and western countries have evident differen...

Abstract: The rapid development of globalization promotes intercultural communication a necessity. It has made people from different places become near-door neighbors. In the current social environment, people are placing more emphasis on...

Abstract: The dining table, as a miniature of social life, is of great importance in displaying good manners. Elegant table manners are beneficial to making friends and even leading to success. Obviously, eating has infiltrated into every...

Abstract: With the rapid development of Chinas economy and Chinas entry into the WTO, Sino-US trade and economic cooperation has increased significantly, becoming an important force that pushes forward the development of the economies of...

Abstract: With the development of globalization, communications between people with different linguistic and cultural backgrounds have increased. It is self-evident that intercultural communication is inevitable. Time has great influence...

Abstract: Business e-mails play a more and more important role in todays international trade. A qualified and effective business e-mail will surely prompt transactions smoothly. In the business e-mail writing, human beings are the core so...

Abstract: With the development of mass media, news is becoming more and more important to peoples daily life. As a bridge connecting people from different countries, English news provides readers with much information. A good command of d...

Abstract: With the development of science and technology as well as economy, the trend to globalization becomes more and more obvious. English commercial advertisement, as a form of business, is prevailing. And language as one of the conc...

Abstract: With the development of the modern society, cars can be available for common families. It is a great opportunity for auto advertisers to draw attention by creating various attractive ads. English auto ads have their distinctive...

Abstract: Advertisement, as one means of marketing, is often adopted to promote the products. To make attractive advertisements, advertisers turn to rhetorical devices, among which puns are favored because of its concise language and rich...

Abstract: With the rapid development of society, the communication between countries is becoming closer and closer. Cross-cultural communication activities occur more frequently. One of the most important elements may be appreciation and...

Abstract: There are many types of school education in the world. Each of them shows distinctive features and is closely responsive to its culture. China and America both pay great attention to the education, but differs much in culture. A...

Abstract: Euphemism is a common linguistic phenomenon both in English and Chinese. It plays an irreplaceable role in human social activities and interpersonal communication. Consequently, it has aroused heated discussions among the lingui...

Abstract：With the rapid development of economy, commercial advertisements have became an important part in people's social life. Commercial advertisements attract the attention of a growing number of experts and scholars. They analyze a...

Abstract This paper compares the emotional differences reflected by animal-related idioms in Chinese and English with dog as the common image of, and tries to explore the linguistic theory for evidences. Based on the detailed review of pr...

Abstract This paper makes a comparison between the use of Chinese compliment and English compliment, including the aspect of compliment object, compliment form,compliment content and compliment response. Rich cases and materials are chose...

Abstract This paper studies verbal impoliteness in Chinese talk shows. Based on Culpepers impoliteness strategy frame and strategic frame of response to impoliteness, the paper analyzes the verbal impoliteness in Tian Tian Xiang Shang, 80...

Abstract Business TV Advertisement in intercultural communication is an inevitable phenomenon of world economic integration, so we need a broader understanding of the differences between national cultures to eliminate the cultural barrier...

Abstract With the rapid development of the society, advertisements, as an essential type of mass media, have enormously changed with time going by. Relying on the beautiful language of cosmetic advertisements, it occupies an important pos...

Abstract This paper is to make critical discourse analysis of presupposition in news headlines. Headlines selected are mainly about issues of Diaoyu Island, 18th CPC National Congress and conflicts in the Middle East. Those headlines come...

Abstract Gender discrimination is a prevalent phenomenon in society. It is not only reflected in all the aspects of social life but also in language and language use. It is an important issue in the study of sociolinguistics. With the gre...

Abstract: Business negotiation is a complex process. In order to avoid misunderstanding and inconvenience, language in business negotiations is believed to be precise. But actually, as an important part of the English language, vagueness...

Abstract Sex and the City, aired by HBO Films, is a comic film about the lives of four heroines, and womens talk is one of the most attractive features of this film. Taking Lakoffs analysis of womens language and Leechs politeness princip...

Abstract This paper is to study the speech of American First Lay in the 2017 US presidential campaign election. Through analyzing the number and the characteristics of American First Lays use of different person deixis in the speech, this...

Abstract This paper selects 10 typical examples of political speeches made by President Obama as the corpora. Statistic analyses are emphasized on two of them, and the rest are for reference. The thesis picks out hedges, calculates the fr...

Abstract This paper analyzes the vocabulary and syntactic features and rhetoric of online English tennis news headlines on the basis of self-built corpus with methods of corpus linguistics. We find that change of words in the headlines is...

Abstract There are various theories used for the analysis of humor understanding. However, the more perspectives we study, the more difficult we will understand humor and the theories. The paper illustrates the advantages of Embodied Phil...