| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第1-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-6页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第6-11页 |
| LIST OF TABLES | 第11-13页 |
| LIST OF FIGURES | 第13-14页 |
| Chapter One INTRODUCTION | 第14-18页 |
| ·Pervasiveness of Deception | 第14-15页 |
| ·Research orientation and significance | 第15-16页 |
| ·Organization of the Thesis | 第16-18页 |
| Chapter Two LITERAUTRE REVIEW | 第18-32页 |
| ·Definition of Deception | 第18-21页 |
| ·Working definition of DEC | 第18-20页 |
| ·DEC and lying | 第20-21页 |
| ·DEC and some rhetoric devices | 第21页 |
| ·Different approaches towards Deception | 第21-29页 |
| ·The study from ethnic and philosophical field | 第21-23页 |
| ·The study from psychological field | 第23-24页 |
| ·The study from sociological approach | 第24-25页 |
| ·The study from linguistic approach | 第25-28页 |
| ·Major problems existing in past studies of DEC | 第28-29页 |
| ·Studies of DEC between Different Genders | 第29-32页 |
| Chapter Three THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK | 第32-48页 |
| ·Conceptualizing Deception | 第32-36页 |
| ·Forms of DEC | 第32-34页 |
| ·Intensions and Motives of DEC | 第34-36页 |
| ·Major Theoretical Models Conceptualizing Deception | 第36-39页 |
| ·Information Manipulation Theory | 第36-37页 |
| ·Interpersonal Deception Theory | 第37-38页 |
| ·Problems existing in the above Theoretical Models | 第38-39页 |
| ·DEC from the pragmatic perspective : Relevance and Adaptation Model | 第39-48页 |
| ·Deception as a result of linguistic choice-making | 第44-45页 |
| ·Deception as a Dynamic communicative interact | 第45页 |
| ·Deception as a result of Relevance and adaptation | 第45-48页 |
| Chapter Four METHOD | 第48-54页 |
| ·Overview | 第48页 |
| ·Research method | 第48-54页 |
| ·Description of participants | 第48-49页 |
| ·Summary of research hypothesis | 第49页 |
| ·Description and criteria of questionnaire | 第49-54页 |
| Chapter Five RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS | 第54-76页 |
| ·Gender differences on cognition of DEC prototype | 第54页 |
| ·Motives of deception between the two genders | 第54-56页 |
| ·Deceptive strategies and shame levels between the two genders | 第56-71页 |
| ·Other-oriented DEC | 第56-63页 |
| ·Self-oriented DEC | 第63-70页 |
| ·DEC for fun | 第70-71页 |
| ·Acceptability of DEC between the two genders | 第71-72页 |
| ·Summary | 第72-73页 |
| ·Possible causes | 第73-76页 |
| ·Physical and social world | 第73-74页 |
| ·Mental world | 第74-76页 |
| Chapter Six CONCLUSION | 第76-78页 |
| ·Major finding in the present study | 第76-77页 |
| ·Limitations and suggestions for further research | 第77-78页 |
| REFERENCES | 第78-81页 |
| Appendix Questionnaire | 第81-89页 |
| 附录：作者在攻读硕士学位期间发表的论文 | 第89页 |
