| Abstract | 第5-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-10页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第10-14页 |
| 1.1 Background of the Study | 第10-12页 |
| 1.2 Objectives and Significance of the Study | 第12页 |
| 1.3 Methodology and Data | 第12-13页 |
| 1.4 Organization of the Study | 第13-14页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第14-25页 |
| 2.1 A Working Definition of Impoliteness | 第14-15页 |
| 2.2 Impoliteness Studies Abroad | 第15-23页 |
| 2.2.1 Penelope Brown and Stephen Levinson’s Study and Geoffrey Leech’s Study | 第16-19页 |
| 2.2.2 Miriam A. Locher and Richard J. Watts’Study | 第19-21页 |
| 2.2.3 Jonathan Culpeper’s Study | 第21-23页 |
| 2.3 Impoliteness Studies in China | 第23-25页 |
| Chapter 3 Theoretical Framework | 第25-31页 |
| 3.1 Three Properties of Language Use | 第25-26页 |
| 3.2 Four Angles of Investigation of Adaptability | 第26-29页 |
| 3.2.1 Contextual Correlates of Adaptability | 第26-28页 |
| 3.2.2 Structural Objects of Adaptability | 第28页 |
| 3.2.3 Dynamics of Adaptability | 第28-29页 |
| 3.2.4 Salience of the Adaptation Process | 第29页 |
| 3.3 The Reasons and the Way Adaptation Theory is Applied in This Thesis | 第29-31页 |
| Chapter 4 An Analysis of Impoliteness in Friends Within Adaptation Theory | 第31-49页 |
| 4.1 A Brief Introduction to the Sitcom Friends and Relevant Studies | 第31-32页 |
| 4.2 Language Users’Multiple Roles | 第32-35页 |
| 4.3 Categorization of Impoliteness Based on Intention in Friends | 第35-39页 |
| 4.3.1 Impoliteness Intended and Perceived | 第35-36页 |
| 4.3.2 Impoliteness Intended but not Perceived | 第36页 |
| 4.3.3 Impoliteness not Intended but Perceived | 第36-38页 |
| 4.3.4 Impoliteness not Intended and not Perceived | 第38-39页 |
| 4.4 Impoliteness at Different Levels | 第39-43页 |
| 4.4.1 Language, Codes and Styles | 第39-40页 |
| 4.4.2 Sound | 第40页 |
| 4.4.3 Words and Morphemes | 第40-41页 |
| 4.4.4 Clauses and Sentences | 第41-42页 |
| 4.4.5 Suprasentential Units | 第42-43页 |
| 4.5 Impoliteness and Characterization | 第43-46页 |
| 4.6 Impoliteness and Humor | 第46-49页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第49-51页 |
| 5.1 Major Findings | 第49页 |
| 5.2 Limitations and Suggestions | 第49-51页 |
| Works Cited | 第51-53页 |
| Bibliography | 第53-56页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第56页 |
