| Abstract | 第1-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-12页 |
| Introduction | 第12-16页 |
| Chapter I Literature Review | 第16-27页 |
| ·Definitions of Compliments and Compliment Responses | 第16-18页 |
| ·The Definition of Compliments | 第16-18页 |
| ·The Definition of Compliment Responses | 第18页 |
| ·An Overview of Studies on Compliments and Compliment Responses | 第18-23页 |
| ·Studies on Compliments and Compliment Responses Abroad | 第19-21页 |
| ·Studies on Compliments and Compliment Responses at Home | 第21-23页 |
| ·Functions of Compliments | 第23-27页 |
| Chapter II The Theoretical Framework | 第27-38页 |
| ·An Overview of Speech Act Theories | 第27-29页 |
| ·Austin's Speech Act Theory | 第27-28页 |
| ·Searle's Speech Act Theory | 第28-29页 |
| ·Politeness Principles | 第29-38页 |
| ·Brown and Levision's Face Theory | 第29-33页 |
| ·Leech's Politeness Principle | 第33-35页 |
| ·Gu Yueguo's Chinese Politeness | 第35-38页 |
| Chapter III Research Methodology and Data Collection | 第38-41页 |
| ·Methodology and Data Collection | 第38-39页 |
| ·Objectives | 第39-40页 |
| ·Subjects | 第40-41页 |
| Chapter IV A Contrastive Study of English and Chinese Compliments | 第41-60页 |
| ·Topic Categories of Compliments in English and Chinese | 第41-46页 |
| ·Appearance | 第42-43页 |
| ·Achievement and Ability | 第43-45页 |
| ·Possession | 第45-46页 |
| ·Targets of Compliments | 第46-47页 |
| ·Linguistic Forms of Compliments in English and Chinese | 第47-60页 |
| ·Lexical Forms in English and Chinese | 第48-55页 |
| ·Lexical Forms in English Compliments | 第48-51页 |
| ·Lexical Forms in Chinese Compliments | 第51-54页 |
| ·Summary | 第54-55页 |
| ·Syntactical Forms in English and Chinese | 第55-60页 |
| ·Syntactical Forms in English Compliments | 第56-57页 |
| ·Syntactical Forms in Chinese Compliments | 第57-58页 |
| ·Summary | 第58-60页 |
| Chapter V Compliment Response Strategies in English and Chinese | 第60-72页 |
| ·Compliment Response Strategies in English | 第60-65页 |
| ·Compliment Response Strategies in Chinese | 第65-71页 |
| ·Summary | 第71-72页 |
| Chapter VI Cultural Reasons for the Differences Between English and Chinese Complimenting Speech Acts | 第72-81页 |
| ·Modesty vs. Self-denigration | 第72-74页 |
| ·Collectivism vs. Individualism | 第74-77页 |
| ·Directness vs. Indirectness | 第77-78页 |
| ·Solidarity vs. Power | 第78-81页 |
| Chapter VII Implications and Suggestions for Cross-cultural Communication and Foreign Language Teaching | 第81-86页 |
| ·Implications for Cross-cultural Communication | 第81-83页 |
| ·Implications for Foreign Language Teaching | 第83-86页 |
| Conclusion | 第86-90页 |
| Bibliography | 第90-96页 |
| Appendix | 第96-100页 |
| 攻读硕士学位期间发表的论文 | 第100-102页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第102-104页 |
