The cooperative principle put forward by Grice is an important part of pragmatics.The four maxims included in the cooperative principle are effective in analyzing people's conversation,and sometimes the violations...The cooperative principle put forward by Grice is an important part of pragmatics.The four maxims included in the cooperative principle are effective in analyzing people's conversation,and sometimes the violations of the four maxims can often generate the implicit meaning of conversation,which called conversational implicature,or achieve certain communicative effects such as humor,irony and so on.This article tries to analyze some transcripts from a popular TV series of America called Desperate Housewives season I from the perspective of cooperative principle to show how to infer the conversational implicature and communicative effects of people's conversation with cooperative principle.展开更多
Gender identity is the self-identification on one’s own gender as female,male or non-conventional gender.Gender identity is affected by social compound,including personal morality,job status,religion or family.This t...Gender identity is the self-identification on one’s own gender as female,male or non-conventional gender.Gender identity is affected by social compound,including personal morality,job status,religion or family.This thesis has been devoted to analyze gender identity from the aspect of the American sitcom "Desperate Housewives",integrating American cultural background and the family lives,social surroundings and career orientations of those characters in the TV series to analyze what roles does gender identity is playing in the show and to the character.展开更多
Desperate Housewives is an American teleplay which was broadcast by American Broadcasting Company in 2004. It describes the married life and some humorous stories about housewives who live on Wisteria Lane. In this te...Desperate Housewives is an American teleplay which was broadcast by American Broadcasting Company in 2004. It describes the married life and some humorous stories about housewives who live on Wisteria Lane. In this teleplay, the talk has its unique features during the housewives, so it is worthy of studying. The thesis takes the Desperate Housewives as an object of study and from stylistic aspect to analysis and study the female language. Though the analysis, the conclusion is following: females tend to use intensifiers words, in vocabulary aspects; and in syntactical aspects, females like to use hedges, tag questions. And in grammar aspect, elliptical sentences and inverted sentences are quite popular among females.展开更多
This article mainly focuses on one significant translation technique—shift.Through the analysis from seven aspects,it comes to the conclusion that although subtitling has some restrictions,it still has rules to follow.
As President Barack Obama’s trip to Beijing demonstrated, the days when US leaders could get anywhere lecturing China on economic policy are long gone.
China's domestic banks are in a race against time as they rush to meet an important deadline. By December 31 this year they are expected to have reached the statutory 8-percent capital adequacy ratios set by the C...China's domestic banks are in a race against time as they rush to meet an important deadline. By December 31 this year they are expected to have reached the statutory 8-percent capital adequacy ratios set by the China Banking Regulatory Commission (CBRC). Yet as the date approaches, many banks are far from ready. According to its World Trade Organization commitments, China is sched-展开更多
For a traveler from Beijing,accustomed to the semiarid expanses of the northern plains,arriving in Sichuan Province looks somewhat like entering a mirage.A Land of Cockaigne,bathed in countless streams running from th...For a traveler from Beijing,accustomed to the semiarid expanses of the northern plains,arriving in Sichuan Province looks somewhat like entering a mirage.A Land of Cockaigne,bathed in countless streams running from the Himalayas to the Chengdu Plain,展开更多
In this research, two television programs were analyzed to compare the type and frequency of the product placement within them, and to determine whether women or teenagers are more targeted by advertisers. The televis...In this research, two television programs were analyzed to compare the type and frequency of the product placement within them, and to determine whether women or teenagers are more targeted by advertisers. The television programs were Desperate Housewives, a program targeted toward females, and Blue Mountain State, a program targeted toward male teenagers. The results of the study were analyzed using social cognition research, and ultimately determined that teenagers have become the predominant target audience for advertisers than women.展开更多
Undoubtedly,Tess of the D'Urbervilles,the masterpiece of Thomas Hardy,is a precious diamond shining in the worldliterature.Through Tess' s short and miserable life,the main characters Alec,Angel,her parents an...Undoubtedly,Tess of the D'Urbervilles,the masterpiece of Thomas Hardy,is a precious diamond shining in the worldliterature.Through Tess' s short and miserable life,the main characters Alec,Angel,her parents and even herself directly lead toher tragical ending.This thesis will analyze those people's characters detailedly and systematically.Meanwhile,it will explain howthey influence and change Tess greatly.Tess' s destiny is thoroughly changed when she accidentally meets Alec.He owns Tess byunlawful sexual intercourse due to his man's selfish desire.Later,when Tess tells Angel her experience with Alec and her baby,hetotally collapsed,disappointed,distressed and his open-minded behavior disappears.The angel is so man-centered that he consid-ers his dignity and advantages in the first position.Her parents are incapable,ignorant and vainglorious and simple-minded.Tess' shonesty,sincerity and dignity also lead to her tragedy.When she has no way to take care of her family,she doesn't choose to con-tact Angel but go back to Alec's bosom because she thinks that Angel has decided to terminate their relationship.Since all abovementioned,people are social animal and always receive their surrounding's impact on them whether actively or subjectively.Dur-ing Tess' s short and desperate life,the people she has recognized or contacted with are limited.Those main characters,Alec,An-gel,Tess' s parents and herself directly lead to her tragical destiny.展开更多
As more Chinese women turn to influencers like Li Dan for guidance,concerns about their expertise and commercial motivations are becoming hard to ignore.Since last July,Li Dan,a former comedian turned livestreamer,has...As more Chinese women turn to influencers like Li Dan for guidance,concerns about their expertise and commercial motivations are becoming hard to ignore.Since last July,Li Dan,a former comedian turned livestreamer,has taken on the role of China’s quirkiest agony uncle five hours at a time,lounging in front of the camera in a T-shirt or pajamas and snacking his way through tales of heartbreak.Whether it’s a desperate plea to win back an ex or fiery rants about cheating partners,Li reads these anonymous yet intimate moments of life with a mix of empathy and deadpan humor to his 2.2 million followers,over 80 percent of them women,on the lifestyle platform Xiaohongshu.All the while,purchase links for his snacks flash on the corner of the screen.展开更多
My daughter attended Chinese schools in China,and US public schools during the few years she spent in the US.When I say Chinese schools,I don't mean the expensive hybrid schools with dual language programs,I mean ...My daughter attended Chinese schools in China,and US public schools during the few years she spent in the US.When I say Chinese schools,I don't mean the expensive hybrid schools with dual language programs,I mean honest-to-God local schools where a combination of flattery and my obvious desperation convinced the principal to overlook my daughter's US passport and admit her as just another local child.展开更多
文摘The cooperative principle put forward by Grice is an important part of pragmatics.The four maxims included in the cooperative principle are effective in analyzing people's conversation,and sometimes the violations of the four maxims can often generate the implicit meaning of conversation,which called conversational implicature,or achieve certain communicative effects such as humor,irony and so on.This article tries to analyze some transcripts from a popular TV series of America called Desperate Housewives season I from the perspective of cooperative principle to show how to infer the conversational implicature and communicative effects of people's conversation with cooperative principle.
文摘Gender identity is the self-identification on one’s own gender as female,male or non-conventional gender.Gender identity is affected by social compound,including personal morality,job status,religion or family.This thesis has been devoted to analyze gender identity from the aspect of the American sitcom "Desperate Housewives",integrating American cultural background and the family lives,social surroundings and career orientations of those characters in the TV series to analyze what roles does gender identity is playing in the show and to the character.
文摘Desperate Housewives is an American teleplay which was broadcast by American Broadcasting Company in 2004. It describes the married life and some humorous stories about housewives who live on Wisteria Lane. In this teleplay, the talk has its unique features during the housewives, so it is worthy of studying. The thesis takes the Desperate Housewives as an object of study and from stylistic aspect to analysis and study the female language. Though the analysis, the conclusion is following: females tend to use intensifiers words, in vocabulary aspects; and in syntactical aspects, females like to use hedges, tag questions. And in grammar aspect, elliptical sentences and inverted sentences are quite popular among females.
文摘This article mainly focuses on one significant translation technique—shift.Through the analysis from seven aspects,it comes to the conclusion that although subtitling has some restrictions,it still has rules to follow.
文摘As President Barack Obama’s trip to Beijing demonstrated, the days when US leaders could get anywhere lecturing China on economic policy are long gone.
文摘China's domestic banks are in a race against time as they rush to meet an important deadline. By December 31 this year they are expected to have reached the statutory 8-percent capital adequacy ratios set by the China Banking Regulatory Commission (CBRC). Yet as the date approaches, many banks are far from ready. According to its World Trade Organization commitments, China is sched-
文摘For a traveler from Beijing,accustomed to the semiarid expanses of the northern plains,arriving in Sichuan Province looks somewhat like entering a mirage.A Land of Cockaigne,bathed in countless streams running from the Himalayas to the Chengdu Plain,
文摘In this research, two television programs were analyzed to compare the type and frequency of the product placement within them, and to determine whether women or teenagers are more targeted by advertisers. The television programs were Desperate Housewives, a program targeted toward females, and Blue Mountain State, a program targeted toward male teenagers. The results of the study were analyzed using social cognition research, and ultimately determined that teenagers have become the predominant target audience for advertisers than women.
文摘Undoubtedly,Tess of the D'Urbervilles,the masterpiece of Thomas Hardy,is a precious diamond shining in the worldliterature.Through Tess' s short and miserable life,the main characters Alec,Angel,her parents and even herself directly lead toher tragical ending.This thesis will analyze those people's characters detailedly and systematically.Meanwhile,it will explain howthey influence and change Tess greatly.Tess' s destiny is thoroughly changed when she accidentally meets Alec.He owns Tess byunlawful sexual intercourse due to his man's selfish desire.Later,when Tess tells Angel her experience with Alec and her baby,hetotally collapsed,disappointed,distressed and his open-minded behavior disappears.The angel is so man-centered that he consid-ers his dignity and advantages in the first position.Her parents are incapable,ignorant and vainglorious and simple-minded.Tess' shonesty,sincerity and dignity also lead to her tragedy.When she has no way to take care of her family,she doesn't choose to con-tact Angel but go back to Alec's bosom because she thinks that Angel has decided to terminate their relationship.Since all abovementioned,people are social animal and always receive their surrounding's impact on them whether actively or subjectively.Dur-ing Tess' s short and desperate life,the people she has recognized or contacted with are limited.Those main characters,Alec,An-gel,Tess' s parents and herself directly lead to her tragical destiny.
文摘As more Chinese women turn to influencers like Li Dan for guidance,concerns about their expertise and commercial motivations are becoming hard to ignore.Since last July,Li Dan,a former comedian turned livestreamer,has taken on the role of China’s quirkiest agony uncle five hours at a time,lounging in front of the camera in a T-shirt or pajamas and snacking his way through tales of heartbreak.Whether it’s a desperate plea to win back an ex or fiery rants about cheating partners,Li reads these anonymous yet intimate moments of life with a mix of empathy and deadpan humor to his 2.2 million followers,over 80 percent of them women,on the lifestyle platform Xiaohongshu.All the while,purchase links for his snacks flash on the corner of the screen.
文摘My daughter attended Chinese schools in China,and US public schools during the few years she spent in the US.When I say Chinese schools,I don't mean the expensive hybrid schools with dual language programs,I mean honest-to-God local schools where a combination of flattery and my obvious desperation convinced the principal to overlook my daughter's US passport and admit her as just another local child.
