本文以Brown和Levinson(1987)的“礼貌原则”为理论基础,运用Kim(1993)的“交谈局限要素”理论,对交际行为进行跨文化调查和研究,目的是为了证实在同一语言行为中,来自不同文化取向的人在选择交际行为和策略时有哪些相似和差异,同时希望能发现这些相似和差异与人们通常预期的是否一致。 Based on the “politeness principle” of Brown and Levinson (1987) as a theoretical basis and inter-cultural investigation and research of communicative behavior using Kim’s (1993) “Conversational Limit Elements” theory, the purpose of this article is to prove that in the same linguistic behavior, People from different cultural orientations are similar and different in their choice of communicative behaviors and strategies, and they hope to discover whether these similarities and differences are consistent with what people usually expect.