英国语言学家杰弗里·利奇在《语用学原则》一书中认为他提出的“礼貌原则”是对美国哲学家格莱斯所提出的语用中的“合作原则”的补救 ,这样他便可以解释为什么人们有时说话时不遵守“合作原则”所体现的四条准则。在笔者看来 ,“礼貌原则”固然有其合理的一面 ,但其不足之处亦不可忽视。 British linguist Jeffrey Leech, in his book Principles of Pragmatics, believes that his “politeness principle” is a remedy to the pragmatic “principle of cooperation” put forward by American philosopher Grice, In this way he can explain why people sometimes do not follow the four principles embodied in the “principle of cooperation.” In my opinion, the “politeness principle” does have its reasonable side, but its inadequacies can not be ignored either.