期刊名称：International Journal of Society, Culture & Language
电子版ISSN：2329-2210
出版年度：2015
卷号：3
期号：1
页码：28-46
语种：English
出版社：Lulu Press, USA
其他摘要：This study explores the use of the English locution I love you in the American context. The data were collected through a focus discussion group and a survey questionnaire. 120 college undergraduate students from a large public American university participated in the study with 28 attending the focus discussion group and 92 completing the survey questionnaire. The findings indicated that the use of I love you is a daily phenomenon. It can be used across a variety of different relationships, in a variety of different modes, during a variety of different occasions, and with a variety of different meanings. The theoretical justification and explanation for Americans’ high frequent and varied use of I love you were tentatively probed. The results from this study delineated a preliminary ethnography of how I love you is used in the American context, which can help EFL teachers and learners understand it more thoroughly, translate it more accurately, and use it more appropriately.
其他关键词：I love you ; Pragmatics ; Pragmatic competence ; Cross-Cultural Communication ; Pragmatic failure
