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　　題目 The Contrastive Analysis of Conversational Characteristics between Chinese and American TV Talk Shows

　　中美電視談話節(jié)目本科開題報告會話特點的對比分析

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　　選題依據(jù)(選題經(jīng)過，國內(nèi)、國外研究現(xiàn)狀) Reasons for Choosing the Title

　　1. TV talk show has gained great popularity at present society and it has huge influences on our life and society.

　　2. The author is strongly interested in the TV talk shows.

　　3. The contrastive analysis of the conversational characteristics between Chinese and American TV talk shows is of great value to direct our communication and provide us with more conversational strategies.

　　General Introduction of the Research on This Title at Home and Abroad

　　A number of linguists have been working on the study of conversations and made their achievements. As TV talk show is recently-developing, it has attracted many scholars’ attentions and studies at home and abroad. Based on the Turn-Taking System proposed by Sacks、https://www.51lunwen.com/benkekaiti/ Schegloff and Jefferson, the Cooperative Principle by Herbert Paul Grice、Politeness Principle by Leech and the Relevance Theory by Dan Sperber and Deirdre Wilson, these scholars have all made amazing studies and discoveries. However, there is still potential and vast space for the study of conversational characteristics of TV talk shows, especially a contrast between Chinese and American TV talk shows.

　　選題依據(jù)(初步設(shè)想及突破點等) Main Ideas of My thesis

　　The thesis aims to show the common and different conversational characteristics between Chinese and American TV talk shows through the contrastive analysis under the viewpoints of conversational principles and cultural value system, which fatherly can be productive to gain better understanding of English and direct our communication. Thereafter, the thesis is intended to provide some conversational strategies that may help us enhance conversational ability.

　　Breakthrough Points of My Thesis

　　The comprehensive contrastive analysis including macro and micro analysis based on conversational principles and the conversational strategies provided in the last are the creative points of my thesis.

　　理論和實踐的意義及可行性論述 Significance of My Research

　　1. TV talk show is gaining everlasting popularity and welcome. Its language is sure to has exerted huge influences on our life and society. This thesis is intended to give a comprehensive contrastive analysis of the conversational characteristics between Chinese and American TV talk shows.

　　2. With rapid integration of the world, the understanding and flexible usage of language have taken significant place in our communication. The thesis can be productive to gain better understanding of English and direct our communication.

　　3. Conversations

　　are very important in our communication. However, a number of people are not quite good at conversation skills. The thesis will provide some conversational strategies to help get these problems solved.

　　Feasibility or the Foundation of My Research

　　As English major, the author has always been interested in the language study and communication. During her study of the course of Language in Use, the author realized that the analysis of the language in context and its application are where she’d like to devote her attention to.

　　With her learning of linguistic knowledge from linguistic course, the author have acquired some conversational principles, such as Relevance Theory by Dan Sperber and Deirdre Wilson、Politeness Principle by Leech and the Cooperative Principle by Herbert Paul Grice, upon which the author is able to construct the theoretical framework of my thesis. In order to get a deeper understanding of the conversational characteristics of TV talk show, the author has also searched the Internet for much more information about TV talk show from which the author gained more confidence and interest in the study.

　　At the same time, the author also constantly went to the Beijing National Library and read many relevant books and the author learned the Turn-Taking System proposed by Sacks、Schegloff and Jefferson, which added my theoretical basis and valuable means for the study. The author has watched many TV talk shows at home and abroad and she also collected the conversations of some typical ones of them as the corpus that can help me to fulfill her thesis.

　　論文撰寫過程中擬采取的方法和手段 Methods and Approaches to Be used in My Research

　　To accomplish her thesis, the author arranged the analytical procedures as follows:

　　1.Collect data and corpus of conversations of TV talk shows in China

　　and America;

　　2.Make macro contrast of the corpus according to the relevant conversational principles and different cultural systems;

　　3.Make micro analysis of the conversations of specific structural settings according to the relevant conversational principles and different cultural systems;

　　4.Analyze the cultural and social functions of the language of TV talk shows according some relevant social phenomenon;

　　5. Summarize the experiences and theories of the predecessors to give some practical conversational strategies.

　　論文撰寫

　　提 綱 1. Introduction

　　1.1 Definition of TV Talk Show

　　1.2 History and Development of TV Talk Show

　　1.3 Features of TV Talk Show

　　1.3.1 Comprehensive Feature

　　1.3.2 The Role of the Host

　　1.3.3 Participation Feature

　　1.4 Conversational Influence

　　2. Contrastive Analysis of Conversational Characteristics

　　2.1 Macro Analysis

　　2.1.1 Conversational Freedom Degree

　　2.1.1.1 Pattern of Thinking

　　2.1.1.2 Topic Choosing

　　2.1.1.3 The Phenomenon of Interruption

　　2.1.2 Humor

　　2.1.2.1 Historical and Cultural Background

　　2.1.2.2 Linguistic Features

　　2.1.3 Host

　　2.1.3.1 Personality

　　2.1.3.2 Knowledge Background

　　2.1.3.3 Humor Sense

　　2.2 Micro Analysis

　　2.2.1 The Opening

　　2.2.2 The Closing

　　3. Conversational Strategies

　　3.1 To Show Politeness