On Cultural Differences in Daily Conversation between Chinese and English Speakers 论中英日常会话中的文化差异.doc

　　 　 临沂大学 毕业论文（设计） 论中英日常会话中的文化差异 姓 名　 X X X 　　　　　 学 号　　　 On Cultural Differences in Daily Conversation between Chinese and English Speakers A Thesis Submitted to Foreign Languages School of Linyi University in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Bachelor of Arts By X X X Supervisor：X X X April 20, 2012 Acknowledgements I am deeply indebted to Prof. , my supervisor, who not only has given me constant and valuable advice during my writing of this thesis, but also has gone over my drafts meticulously and offered critical comments on them. Without her help, the thesis could never have reached its present form. My sincere gratitude also goes to all my teachers who have given me excellent lectures and great help, which are indispensable to the completion of this thesis. I also give my hearty thanks to all my classmates who have offered generous help and useful suggestions in the process of writing this paper. Finally, I would like to thank all those critics and writers whose essays and works have provided valuable information concerning the subject of my thesis. Abstract There are many differences in everyday conversation between Chinese and English. The most important reason is that they have different cultures. With the development of communication in the world, many misunderstandings and mistakes in conversation are appearing easily and not good for our communication. There is inseparable relationship between language and culture. Language is the carrier of culture, and culture is connotation of language. Different culture affects the custom and ways of conversation. The difference shows in the aspects as: friendship, thanks and compliments, privacy and taboos, greetings, manners and customs, color words, farewells, terms of address etc. Studying the ways of cooperativeness and using media especially for realizing cultural differences and the c