A Research on Mock Politeness —— A Case Study of the Legend of Zhen Huan

DOI

10.2991/sschd-19.2019.15How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Mock politeness, The Legend of Zhen Huan, Politeness Principle, Rapport Management Theory.

Abstract

The present study attempts to put forward a different definition and study the realization of mock politeness--somewhat neglected area of (im) politeness studies. Based on previous studies on mock politeness abroad and at home, this paper redefines mock politeness as a superficially polite speech act which challenges or attacks the communication participant’s face or sociality rights in a particular context. Then on the basis of Geoffrey Leech’s [1] Politeness Principle and Helen Spencer-Oatey’s [2] Rapport Management Theory, a model of mock politeness is put forward. Based on the definition, 4 typical conversations possessing most representative characters of mock politeness are selected as research samples from the costume drama The Legend of Zhen Huan. With the guideline of mock politeness model, the special application of mock politeness by characters is qualitatively analyzed. Through the discussion, it proves that this model has effective explanatory power concerning the characters’ option and the use of mock politeness and thus can also be adapted to the pragmatic analysis of other texts. At the same time, this study of mock politeness will help people understand the communicative value of mock politeness in avoiding direct conflicts and maintaining superficially harmonious interpersonal relationships, which will contribute to the improvement of people’s communicative skills and competence.

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© 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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AU  - Mengyuan Yin
AU  - Honghong Zhou
PY  - 2019/12
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TI  - A Research on Mock Politeness —— A Case Study of the Legend of Zhen Huan
BT  - Proceedings of the 5th Annual International Conference on Social Science and Contemporary Humanity Development (SSCHD 2019)
PB  - Atlantis Press
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SN  - 2352-5398
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