Abstract In the studies of Second Language Acquisition, listening has aroused great concern among researchers due to its important function in the intake of language. It has been widely acknowledged that second language listening comprehe...

Abstract English jokes are humorous and implicit. However, for people whose mother language is not English, its hard to completely understand English humor. This paper presents a pragmatic analysis of English humor in order to help the re...

Abstract This research adopted a research method called thinking-aloud to study what strategies are used by ten Chinese EFL learners when they tried to understand the meaning of 20 English idioms. Data revealed that subjects usually emplo...

Abstract As a significant member of vague language, hedges play their specific role in various kinds of languages, such as in business discourses, diplomatic negotiations, scientific articles, news reports, advertisements, and legal texts...

Abstract Based on the previous study, and with the help of the self-edited questionnaire on students of both sexes, this paper analyzes the gender differences in English reading habits from two aspects: mental activities and behavioral ha...

Abstract As the main stylistic symbol of newspapers or online English news, headlines of news concisely generalize the content of the news and help readers to obtain information in a more prompt access. As in this way, to understand the f...

Abstract In modern society, with the development of the advertising undertakings, advertising languages unique style has been gradually formed. Among these elaborate advertisements, many of them are aiming at women. This kind of advertise...

Abstract On the basis of the previous studies and current related theories of sociolinguistics, with the help of the survey and the analysis of English speech videos from Internet, this paper analyzes the effect of gender differences on E...

Abstract In order to adapt to the fast changing and developing society, English has been unceasingly changing and developing in the progress of application and development. As the popularization of Internet technology and personal compute...

Abstract BANDITS tells a story about two friends and convicts, one charismatic (Joe), the other neurotic and hypochondriac (Terry), starting a bank robbing spree, hoping to fund a dream they share. During their robbing of some banks in a...

Abstract In the hundred years development of Coca-cola, advertising plays a critical role. The close to market advertising strategies build the most valuable brand position. Advertisement language is a clear way to locate the brand market...

Abstract Silence is a common phenomenon in communication, which works together with verbal language to transmit rich information for interlocutors. In the classification of silence, turn-silence is the most worthy of discussion because it...

Abstract Greatly influenced by existentialism, John Fowls is interested in the search for self-awareness which is intensively reflected in The French Lieutenants Woman. Adapted to film by playwright Harold Pinter, this classic has achieve...

Abstract Definition: This paper attempts to use the framework of Relevance Theory to analyze some misunderstandings which occur in business communication. According to the Relevance Theory, misunderstanding is defined as the incompatible...

Abstract This essay attempts to describe cultural discount comprehensively, and analyze the causes and effects of cultural discount. As the documentary is the carrier of the culture spreading, this essay emphasizes the analysis of excelle...

Abstract One of the most prominent expressions of modern English is the English that used in mass media such as newspapers, magazines, radio, TV and Internet. News English belongs to General English, which is the main part of Standard Eng...

Abstract As a key concept in Bakhtin School's theory of utterance, dialogism has drawn much attention from the circles of both linguistics and literature since the late 1960s. Although it is claimed that any language use is of dialogism,...

Abstract To make your own ads unique and conspicuous, advertising writers often use rhetoric devices (parables, pun, parallelism, etc.) to impress consumers and arouse their interest in consuming goods. Successful advertising language, us...

Abstract Cultural conflict and cultural adaptation are the main process of the cross-cultural communication. However, with the development of the globalization, each country would widen the mutual cooperation and deepen the mutual underst...

Abstract Based on conceptual metaphor put forward by Lakoff, this paper takes American President Obamas political speeches as materials and uses qualitative and quantitative methods to analyze the metaphor phenomena in political discourse...

Abstract This thesis takes the theoretical basis from Systematic Functional Linguistics as the frame and takes the movie The Message as an example to preliminarily discuss how the movie discourse realizes the multi-mode interaction among...

Abstract In daily commuicative activities, address forms are usually the first information that the addressor conveys to the addressee aiming at establishing a certain social relationship between the two speakers. Code switching, the alte...

Abstract This paper endeavors to analyze the pragmatic features of the phenomenon of conflict discourse in Chinas college students debating competition. Theories of conflict analysis and pragmatics, such as Speech act theory, Relevance th...

Abstract Euphemism is a common linguistic phenomenon. It usually uses some indirect, implicative, cheerful sayings to replace the straightforward and disagreeable statements, with the purpose of avoiding taboos, of showing decorous, and o...

Abstract Non-verbal communication plays a very important role in human interaction. This paper conducts a systematic research on non-verbal communication and summarizes eight categories, including eye contact, dressing, kinesics, gesticul...

Abstract With the development of globalization,the frequency of international negotiations is increasing rapidly. Numerous books and articles,from both academic and practitioner perspectives, have been dedicated to the complexities of neg...

Abstract This paper attempts to investigate films made in the west and religious factors living in them, and introduce the religious influence upon the western movies. Starting from the western movies, it will analyze the cultural influen...

Abstract This paper is an analysis of the differences between Chinese and American children education, seeking to make some suggestions of the problems existing in Chinese childrens education. Through the scences in two filmsLittle Red Fl...

Abstract: To present a more comprehensive and systematic understanding of conflict talk, this paper takes as its object the formats, and mechanisms of mitigation functions of metaphors in terminating conflict talk. It approaches the objec...

Abstract This paper endeavors to analyze the main speech acts in Obamas armistice speech on Iraq War and how the political speeches apply the speech acts to express the political intention of the speech. Under the framework of the Austin...