礼貌是东西方普遍存在的现象,对礼貌的语用研究是当前语言学研究的热点之一。对礼貌机制的阐释,最为盛名的有Leech“礼貌原则”(Politeness Principle)和Brown&Levinson的“面子理论”(Face-saving Theory)。本文试图分析传统言语礼貌研究可能存在的不足,并尝试从关联理论出发来重新审视与解读礼貌与礼貌语言。一、引言运用礼貌原则进行交际的目的是减少人们交 Politeness is a common phenomenon between East and West. Pragmatic research on politeness is one of the hot topics in linguistics research. The best-known examples of politeness are Leech Politeness Principle and Brown & Levinson ’s Face-saving Theory. This article tries to analyze the possible defects of traditional speech politeness research and try to re-examine and interpret the polite and polite language from the relevance theory. I. INTRODUCTION The purpose of using politeness principle to communicate is to reduce people’s handing over