A Comparison Analysis of Greetings in Chinese, Uighur and English Abstract Greetings, as one of the frequently used words in daily life, play an important role in social communication. As the Han and Uighur nationality live together in the big family from ancient times, and the integration of language mixed together, there arises a lot of similarities in the two different languages. With the progress of the society and the global integration, English has gradually makes step to people’s life. Learning English has become an important threshold to everything. For foreign language learners, the basic point of learning a foreign language is to start with a polite greeting. This dissertation is about the comparison of Chinese, Uighur and English greetings, compare the similarities and differences, as well as the use of examples to illustrate. In any language learning studying, the most basic greetings in the language can be found in the role of cultural customs. The dissertation have more profound understanding of learning in Chinese, Uighur and English.60545

Key Words: Greetings; Han; Uighur; English; Comparison Analysis

汉维英问候语对比分析

摘要问候语，作为日常生活中频繁使用的言语种类之一的，在社会言语交际中发挥着重要作用。汉族和维吾尔族长期共同生活在祖国的大家庭中，在语言和文化的长期融合下，汉、维问候语也出现了很多相似之处。随着社会的进步和全球一体化的发展，英语逐渐步入人们的生活中，学好英语已经成为一项门重要的门槛技能。对外语学习者来说，学习外国语言的基本要点是要从基础的礼貌问候语开始。本论文通过举例对比分析有关汉语、维吾尔语以及英语的问候语，从中得出其中的差异。通过对问候语的学习和了解，我们可以发现在任何一门语言中，最基本的问候语在文化习俗方面起着不同的作用。本研究有利于人们更加深层地了解和学习汉维英三种语言问候语。 

毕业论文关键词：问候语；汉语；维吾尔语；英语；对比分析

Contents

Acknowledgements 2

Abstract III

摘  要 IV

1. Introduction 1

1.1 Research Background 1

1.2 Motivations and Objectives 1

1.3 The structure of the Dissertation 1

2. Literature Review 2

2.1 The Concept of Greetings 2

2.2 The Category of Greetings 2

2.2.1 Greetings 2

2.2.3 Narrow Greetings 3

3. The Comparison Between Chinese and Uighur Greetings 4

3.1 The Similarities Between Chinese and Uighur Greetings 4

3.2 The Differences Between Chinese and Uighur Greetings 5

3.3 The Diachronic Changes of Greeting in Chinese and Uighur 6

4. The Comparison Between Chinese and English Greetings 8

4.1 The Similarities Between Chinese and English Greetings 8

4.2 The differences Between Chinese and English Greetings 8

4.3The Comparison on Non-linguistic greetings 10

5. The Comparison Between Uighur and English Greetings 11

5.1 The Similarities Between Uighur and English Greetings