CHAPTER1 A Comterhensive Approach to Cross-cultural Discourse Analysis Its Theoretical BaCKGROUND 1
1.1The Definition of Contrastive Analysis 1
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 7
1.2A Comprehensive Approach to Cre\osscultural Discourse Analysis 7
ABSTRACT 8
1.3Theoretical Background of the Comprehensive Approach 14
1.4Conclusion 29
CHAPTER 2 Sample Analyses of English and Chinese Writton Discourse 32
2.1Invitation to Dinner 32
2.2Request in a Business Letter 40
2.3Envelope Address 50
2.4Advertisement 60
2.5Conclusion 71
CHAPTER3Sample Analyses of English and Chinese Spoken Discourse 74
3.1Terms of Address 74
3.2Conversation Taboo 82
3.3Adjacency Pairs 85
3.3.1Greeting 85
3.3.2Thanks and Response 87
3.3.3Offer and Response 90
3.4Conclusion 92
CHAPTER4Imlication for Teaching and Learding a Foreign Language 94
CONCLUSION 98
APPENDICES 100
BIBLIOGRAPHY 105
SOURCE OF DATA 109