2020/12/6
6
researches on the face of Chinese and Western scholars
• from perspectives of social psychology
• Goffman(1967) suggusts that "face refers to, in a particular social interaction, a positive social value which a person successfully claims to others while other people also think he should get; it is a kind of self-image based on a recognized social attributes.
2020/12/6
4
• In 1944, Miss Hu Xianjin published an essay named “On the Concept of Chinese Face”. For the first time, she made an academic research on the concept of face. Her research suggested a definition of face, and distinguished “mian” from “lian” in Chinese culture.
2020/12/6
7
• Zhou Meiling considers that face is not only a psychological construction, but also a social construction. It refers to public image and social dignity claimed by individuals and recognized by others. (1997:205-254)
2020/12/6
3
appearance and development of the face theory
• People in society have two kinds of identity: (1) the individual's true identity, (2)the social role played by the individual, but in addition, people have another identity: interpersonal identity played in a particular communicative event, and that is so-called face.
5 Contrastive Study on the Cognitive Features
of Metaphoric Expressions of "mian"(face)
6
conclusion and futher study
2020/12/6
2
literature review
• A.appearance and development of face theory
A Cognitive Study of Chinese
Character"mian"(face)
group members:李向川 罗显敏 王2/6
1
Contents
1
literature review
2 "mian"(face)mapping to non-body domain 3 non-body domain mapping to "mian"(face) 4 mapping between "mian" and other organs
2020/12/6
5
• Ho agreed with Hu Xianjin’s explanations about face, because different criteria for the classification of face reflect different requirements imposed on the different social communities. But he also proposed that "the meaning of the “lian” or “mian” may conveys based on the conversation, and sometimes the meaning of the word are interchangeable, not definitely different."(1994：269—286 )
• B.researches on face of chinese and western scholars
• a.from perspectives of social psychology • b.from perspectives of social linguistics • c.from perspectives of metaphor cognition
2020/12/6
8
• from perspectives of social linguistics • Brown & Levinson (2008)proposes the
Politeness Theory, also known as facesaving theory, holding that face is the public self-image.Its essence is to build the relationship between face and politeness of language. Brown & Levinson's biggest contribution is to distinguish the notion between a positive