| Chapter One Introduction | 第1-12页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第12-19页 |
| ·Brown and Levinson's Face Theory | 第12-14页 |
| ·leech's politeness Principles(PP) | 第14-15页 |
| ·Gu's notions of politeness in Chinese culture | 第15-16页 |
| ·Gu's five maxims of politeness in Chinese culture | 第16-17页 |
| ·Mao's view | 第17-19页 |
| Chapter Three Cultural differences in politeness between English and Chinese | 第19-27页 |
| ·Terms of address | 第19-21页 |
| ·English Modesty and Chinese self-denigration | 第21-22页 |
| ·Direct communication and Indirect Communication | 第22-23页 |
| ·English Concept of Privacy and Chinese Concept of attitudinal warmth | 第23-24页 |
| ·English Individualism and Chinese Collectivism | 第24-27页 |
| Chapter Four Factors governing degrees of politeness | 第27-33页 |
| ·Power | 第28-29页 |
| ·Distance | 第29-30页 |
| ·Rank of Imposition | 第30-31页 |
| ·Other factors | 第31-33页 |
| Chapter Five Politeness Strategies in English and Chinese Languages | 第33-46页 |
| ·Lexicon | 第33-37页 |
| ·Using personal pronouns | 第33-34页 |
| ·Using nominalized forms | 第34-35页 |
| ·Using lexicon showing intimacy | 第35-36页 |
| ·Using vague expression | 第36-37页 |
| ·Using super-ordinates | 第37页 |
| ·Using modal auxiliaries | 第37页 |
| ·Tense and aspect | 第37-39页 |
| ·Voice | 第39页 |
| ·Syntax | 第39-44页 |
| ·Partial negation | 第39-40页 |
| ·Conditional sentence | 第40页 |
| ·Transferred negation | 第40-41页 |
| ·Ellipsis | 第41页 |
| ·Interrogative sentences | 第41-43页 |
| ·Tactful implication | 第43-44页 |
| ·Periphrases | 第44页 |
| ·Stress and intonation(phonetical device) | 第44-46页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第46-48页 |
| Bibliography | 第48-51页 |
