| Abstract in Chinese | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract in English | 第5-6页 |
| Part ONE | 第6-8页 |
| Introduction | 第6-8页 |
| Part TWO | 第8-14页 |
| Chapter 1. Literature Review and Study Necessity | 第8-10页 |
| ·Literature Review | 第8-9页 |
| ·Necessity of a Pragmatic Approach to Diplomatic Euphemism | 第9-10页 |
| Chapter 2. An Overview of Diplomatic Euphemism | 第10-14页 |
| ·Definitions of Euphemism | 第10-11页 |
| ·Diplomacy and its Relevant Contents | 第11-14页 |
| ·Definitions of Diplomacy | 第11-12页 |
| ·Diplomacy and Diplomatic Language | 第12页 |
| ·Causes for Euphemizing in Diplomatic Communication | 第12-13页 |
| ·Defining Diplomatic Euphemism | 第13-14页 |
| PART THREE. The Pragmatic Analysis of Diplomatic | 第14-37页 |
| Chapter 3. Indirectness and Diplomatic Euphemism | 第14-18页 |
| ·Euphemism as an Indirect Linguistic Device | 第14-15页 |
| ·Pragmatic Reasons for the Usage of Diplomatic Euphemism | 第15-17页 |
| ·Interestingness and Diplomatic Euphemism | 第15-16页 |
| ·Diplomatic Euphemism to Increase the Force of One's Message | 第16-17页 |
| ·Summary | 第17-18页 |
| Chapter 4. The Cooperation Principle and Diplomatic Euphemism | 第18-26页 |
| ·The Cooperation Principle | 第18-19页 |
| ·Conversational Implicature and Euphemism | 第19-26页 |
| ·Diplomatic Euphemism Flouting the Quantity Maxim | 第19-21页 |
| ·Diplomatic Euphemism Flouting the Quality Maxim | 第21-24页 |
| ·Metaphor | 第21-22页 |
| ·Doublespeak | 第22-23页 |
| ·Hedges | 第23-24页 |
| ·Diplomatic Euphemism Flouting the Relation Maxim | 第24-25页 |
| ·Diplomatic Euphemism Flouting the Manner Maxim | 第25-26页 |
| ·Summary | 第26页 |
| Chapter 5. Politeness and Diplomatic Euphemism | 第26-33页 |
| ·The Politeness Principle | 第27-28页 |
| ·The Face Theory | 第28页 |
| ·Overlap of the Two Politeness Notions | 第28-29页 |
| ·The PP and Diplomatic Euphemism | 第29-33页 |
| ·Tact Maxim and Diplomatic Euphemism | 第29-31页 |
| ·Approbation Maxim and Diplomatic Euphemism | 第31页 |
| ·Agreement Maxim and Diplomatic Euphemism | 第31-32页 |
| ·Sympathy Maxim and Diplomatic Euphemism | 第32-33页 |
| ·Summary | 第33页 |
| Chapter 6. Relevance Theory and Diplomatic Euphemism | 第33-37页 |
| ·The Relevance Theory | 第33-34页 |
| ·The Relevance Theory and Diplomatic Euphemism | 第34-36页 |
| ·Summary | 第36-37页 |
| PART FOUR | 第37-39页 |
| Chapter 7. Conclusion | 第37-39页 |
| ·Major Findings | 第37-38页 |
| ·Limitation of Present Study and Suggestions for Further Study | 第38-39页 |
| Bibliography | 第39-43页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第43页 |
