Greetings and leave-takings as part of conversational routines vary from language to language and culture to culture.In Chinese and English,greeting and leave-taking expressions reflect their particular cultures respectively.This paper has an analysis of greeting and leave-taking between acquaintances or friends in informal social context in Chinese and English.Through comparison of greeting and leave-taking expressions in Chinese and English,this paper reveals the differences and similarities of greetings and leave-takings in both languages.
