| 摘要 | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-10页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第10-15页 |
| ·Background and rationale of the study | 第10-11页 |
| ·Purpose of the study | 第11-13页 |
| ·Structure of the thesis | 第13-15页 |
| Chapter Two Theoretical Framework and Present Study | 第15-36页 |
| ·Politeness theories | 第15-19页 |
| ·Brown and Levinson's face saving theory(FAT)of politeness | 第15-17页 |
| ·'Face' revised in Chinese by L.R.Mao | 第17-19页 |
| ·The study of speech act of request | 第19-21页 |
| ·Leech's classifications of speech acts | 第19-21页 |
| ·Contrastive study on the strategy of speech act of request | 第21页 |
| ·Method of data elicitation | 第21-23页 |
| ·Validity | 第23-24页 |
| ·Discourse Completion Test(DCT) | 第24-33页 |
| ·The development and use of DCT | 第24-26页 |
| ·DCT being questioned | 第26-33页 |
| ·DCT in occidental cultures | 第26-30页 |
| ·DCT in oriental cultures | 第30-33页 |
| ·Comparative study on DCT & Multiple Choice Questionnaire | 第33-35页 |
| ·Summary | 第35-36页 |
| Chapter Three The DCT Examination | 第36-53页 |
| ·The design of DCT | 第36-41页 |
| ·Situation variation | 第36-38页 |
| ·The modified DCT questionnaire | 第38-41页 |
| ·Methods of data collection of the DCT examination | 第41-42页 |
| ·Data analysis | 第42-43页 |
| ·The coding system of responses | 第42-43页 |
| ·Statistical analysis | 第43页 |
| ·Results of the DCT examination | 第43-48页 |
| ·Discussion of English and Chinese DCTs | 第48-53页 |
| ·Similarities and Differences | 第48-51页 |
| ·A chi-square test of English and Chinese DCTs | 第51-53页 |
| Chapter Four The MCQ Examination | 第53-59页 |
| ·The design of MCQ | 第53页 |
| ·Methods of collecting and analyzing MCQ data | 第53-54页 |
| ·Results and discussion of MCQ examination | 第54-56页 |
| ·Discussion of Chinese DCTs and MCQs | 第56-58页 |
| ·Comparison between present study and Rose's study | 第58-59页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第59-63页 |
| ·Findings | 第59-61页 |
| ·Implications and suggestions | 第61-62页 |
| ·Limitations of the present study | 第62-63页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第63-64页 |
| Bibliography | 第64-70页 |
| Appendix A | 第70-71页 |
| Appendix B | 第71-72页 |
| Appendix C | 第72-74页 |
| Articles Published | 第74页 |
