| Abstract | 第1-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-10页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第10-16页 |
| ·Compliments and Compliment Responses | 第10-12页 |
| ·Definitions of Compliments | 第10-11页 |
| ·General Understanding of Compliment Responses | 第11-12页 |
| ·Research Background | 第12-13页 |
| ·Objectives and Approaches of the Research | 第13-14页 |
| ·Significance of the Research | 第14-15页 |
| ·Organization of the Thesis | 第15-16页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第16-33页 |
| ·Overview of Politeness Theory | 第16-24页 |
| ·Leech's Politeness Principle | 第16-18页 |
| ·Brown and Levinson's Politeness Theory | 第18-19页 |
| ·Gu Yueguo's Politeness Theory | 第19-22页 |
| ·Differences of Concepts of Politeness between West and China | 第22-24页 |
| ·Previous Studies on Compliment Responses | 第24-33页 |
| ·Studies on CRs in American English | 第24-28页 |
| ·Contrastive Studies on CRs abroad | 第28-30页 |
| ·Contrastive Studies on CRs at Home | 第30-31页 |
| ·Comment on the Previous Studies | 第31-33页 |
| Chapter 3 Research Methodology | 第33-40页 |
| ·Research Instrument | 第33-34页 |
| ·Designing of the DCT Questionnaire | 第33-34页 |
| ·Natural Observation | 第34页 |
| ·Subjects in the Research | 第34-35页 |
| ·Data Collecting | 第35-36页 |
| ·Data Collecting for DCT Questionnaire | 第35-36页 |
| ·Data Collecting for Natural Observation | 第36页 |
| ·Data Coding Scheme in the Research | 第36-40页 |
| Chapter Four Data Analysis and Discussion | 第40-59页 |
| ·The General Description of the Distribution of CRS | 第40-43页 |
| ·The Distribution of CRS on Different Compliment Topics | 第43-46页 |
| ·The Distribution of CRS by Different Gender Groups | 第46-49页 |
| ·The Distribution of CRS to Compliments by Different Social Status | 第49-52页 |
| ·Social and Cultural Factors Affecting the Choice of CRS | 第52-59页 |
| ·Social and Cultural Factors Affecting the Choice of CRS in China | 第52-55页 |
| ·Social and Cultural Factors Affecting the Choice of CRS in America | 第55-59页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第59-66页 |
| ·Major Findings | 第59-61页 |
| ·Implications for Intercultural Communication and Foreign Language Teaching and Learning | 第61-64页 |
| ·Implications for Intercultural Communication | 第62-63页 |
| ·Implications for Foreign Language Teaching and Learning | 第63-64页 |
| ·Limitations and Suggestions | 第64-66页 |
| Bibliography | 第66-70页 |
| Appendix Ⅰ Discourse Completion Test (English version) | 第70-72页 |
| Appendix Ⅱ Discourse Completion Test (Chinese version) | 第72-73页 |
| Acknowledgement | 第73-74页 |
| 攻读学位期间取得的科研成果清单 | 第74页 |
