| 摘要 | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-8页 |
| Abbreviations | 第8-9页 |
| Introduction | 第9-11页 |
| Chapter 1 Literature Review | 第11-20页 |
| ·Leech's Politeness Principle | 第11-13页 |
| ·Brown and Levinson's Face Theory | 第13-16页 |
| ·The Relationship between Language and Culture | 第16-20页 |
| Chapter 2 Linguistic Features of Polite Language in English and Japanese | 第20-40页 |
| ·Features at Lexical Level | 第20-26页 |
| ·Features at lexical level in English | 第20-22页 |
| ·Features at lexical level in Japanese | 第22-26页 |
| ·Features at Syntactic Level | 第26-32页 |
| ·Features at syntactic level in English | 第26-29页 |
| ·Features at syntactic level in Japanese | 第29-32页 |
| ·Features at Pragmatic Level | 第32-40页 |
| ·Response to compliments | 第32-33页 |
| ·Request | 第33-34页 |
| ·Table formula | 第34-35页 |
| ·Accepting invitation | 第35-36页 |
| ·Greeting | 第36-37页 |
| ·Persuading sb to stay | 第37页 |
| ·Addressing form | 第37-38页 |
| ·Apology | 第38-40页 |
| Chapter 3 Cultural Differences of Polite Language in English and Japanese | 第40-46页 |
| ·Christianity vs.儒教(Confucianism) | 第40-43页 |
| ·Individualism vs.集団意識(Collectivism) | 第43-44页 |
| ·English's Modesty vs.Japanese's Self-denigration | 第44-46页 |
| Chapter 4 Politeness Strategies for Cross-cultural Communication between English and Japanese | 第46-52页 |
| ·Politeness strategies based on Sociological Factors | 第46-47页 |
| ·Politeness Strategies in Conformity with Face-Threatening Acts | 第47-50页 |
| ·Politeness Strategies according to Cultural Differentiations | 第50-52页 |
| Conclusion | 第52-53页 |
| Bibliography | 第53-55页 |
| 攻读硕士期间发表的论文 | 第55-56页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第56页 |
