| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract in Chinese (摘要) | 第5-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-8页 |
| List of Abbreviations | 第8-9页 |
| List of Tables | 第9-10页 |
| Contents | 第10-12页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第12-15页 |
| ·Preliminaries | 第12页 |
| ·Purposes and significance of the study | 第12-13页 |
| ·Research methodology | 第13-14页 |
| ·Organization of the thesis | 第14-15页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第15-23页 |
| ·Reviews on the speech act study | 第15-16页 |
| ·Austin's speech act theory | 第15-16页 |
| ·Searle's speech act theory | 第16页 |
| ·The politeness principle | 第16-20页 |
| ·Brown & Levinson's politeness principle | 第16-17页 |
| ·Leech's politeness principle | 第17-18页 |
| ·Politeness in Chinese context | 第18-20页 |
| ·Reviews on the Compliment Study | 第20-23页 |
| ·Compliment Study Abroad | 第20-21页 |
| ·Domestic Study of Compliments | 第21-22页 |
| ·Limitations of previous study | 第22-23页 |
| Chapter Three Compliment Forms | 第23-39页 |
| ·Comparing syntactic form of compliments between English and Chinese | 第23-28页 |
| ·Analysis of English Data | 第23-25页 |
| ·Analysis of Chinese Data | 第25-27页 |
| ·Comparison of syntactic formulas between English and Chinese | 第27-28页 |
| ·Comparing semantic form between English and Chinese | 第28-38页 |
| ·Analysis of English Data | 第28-32页 |
| ·Analysis of Chinese Data | 第32-36页 |
| ·Comparison of semantic formulas between Chinese and English | 第36-38页 |
| ·Summary | 第38-39页 |
| Chapter Four Topic Distributions of Compliments | 第39-45页 |
| ·Topics in English compliment | 第39-41页 |
| ·Topics on ability and trait | 第40页 |
| ·Topics on appearance | 第40-41页 |
| ·Topics on possession | 第41页 |
| ·Topics in Chinese compliment | 第41-43页 |
| ·Topics on ability and trait | 第42页 |
| ·Topics on appearance | 第42-43页 |
| ·Topics on possession | 第43页 |
| ·Comparison of topics between English and Chinese compliments | 第43-44页 |
| ·Topics on ability and trait | 第43页 |
| ·Topics on appearance | 第43-44页 |
| ·Topics on possession | 第44页 |
| ·Summary | 第44-45页 |
| Chapter Five Response Strategies and Social Functions of English and Chinese Compliments | 第45-58页 |
| ·Response strategies in English compliments | 第45-49页 |
| ·Response strategies in Chinese compliments | 第49-53页 |
| ·Comparison of response strategies in English and Chinese compliment | 第53-54页 |
| ·Social functions of English and Chinese Compliments | 第54-57页 |
| ·Social functions of English compliment | 第54-56页 |
| ·Social functions of Chinese compliments | 第56-57页 |
| ·Summary | 第57-58页 |
| Chapter Six Culture Differences in English and Chinese Compliments | 第58-63页 |
| ·Cultural differences in expressing compliment | 第58-59页 |
| ·Cultural differences in Compliment Topics | 第59-61页 |
| ·Chinese Compliment Topic | 第59-60页 |
| ·English Compliment Topic | 第60-61页 |
| ·Cultural differences in Compliment Response Formulas | 第61-62页 |
| ·Chinese Compliment Response Formulas | 第61页 |
| ·English Compliment Response Formulas | 第61-62页 |
| ·Summary | 第62-63页 |
| Chapter Seven Conclusion | 第63-67页 |
| ·Implications of the Study | 第63-64页 |
| ·Summaries of major findings | 第64-65页 |
| ·Limitations of study | 第65-66页 |
| ·Suggestions for further study | 第66-67页 |
| Bibliography | 第67-70页 |
| 作者在读期间科研成果简介 | 第70页 |
