| Introduction | 第1-21页 |
| 0．1 Necessity of Classifying Speech Acts from a Cross-Cultural Perspective | 第17-18页 |
| 0．2 The Purpose of the Present Study | 第18-19页 |
| 0．3 The Significance of the Present Study | 第19页 |
| 0．4 The Scope of the Present Study | 第19-21页 |
| Chapter One J． Austin's Speech Act Theory | 第21-29页 |
| 1．1 J． Austin's Performative-Constative Dichotomy | 第21-23页 |
| 1．2 The Theory of the Illocutionary Acts | 第23-25页 |
| 1．3 J． Austin' Classes of Illocutionary Acts | 第25-27页 |
| 1．4 Summary | 第27-29页 |
| Chapter Two Searle's Classification of Speech Acts | 第29-38页 |
| 2．1 The Weakness of Austin's Classification of Illocutionary Acts | 第29-30页 |
| 2．2 Felicity Conditions and Twelve Dimensions | 第30-36页 |
| 2．3 Summary | 第36-38页 |
| Chapter Three Leech's Classification of Illocutionary Function | 第38-44页 |
| 3．1 Leech's Comments on Searle's Classification | 第38-39页 |
| 3．2 Varieties of Illocutionary Function | 第39-40页 |
| 3．3 Politeness Involved | 第40-42页 |
| 3．4 Summary | 第42-44页 |
| Chapter Four Classification of Communication: A Cross-Cultural Perspective | 第44-55页 |
| 4．1 The Functions of Verbal Behaviour | 第44-48页 |
| 4．1．1 Informative | 第45-46页 |
| 4．1．2 Interpersonal | 第46-47页 |
| 4．1．3 Emotional and Expressive | 第47-48页 |
| 4．1．4 Performative | 第48页 |
| 4．2 Broad Classification of Verbal Behaviour | 第48-50页 |
| 4．3 Politeness is Culture-Specific | 第50-52页 |
| 4．4 Conflicts Between Western and Chinese Perspectives | 第52-53页 |
| 4．5 Summary | 第53-55页 |
| Chapter Five Appropriateness of Verbal Behaviour | 第55-69页 |
| 5．1 Views on ”Appropriateness” | 第55-60页 |
| 5．2 Appropriateness and Effectiveness in Conflictive Communication and Nonconflictive communication | 第60-67页 |
| 5．2．1 Appropriateness in Conflictive Communication | 第61-64页 |
| 5．2．2 Appropriateness in Nonconflictive Communication | 第64-67页 |
| 5．3 Summary | 第67-69页 |
| Conclusion | 第69-71页 |
| Bibliography | 第71-78页 |
