| Chapter One Introduction | 第1-22页 |
| ·Research Orientation | 第15-16页 |
| ·The Object of Research | 第16-18页 |
| ·Research Methodology | 第18-20页 |
| ·Outline of the Thesis | 第20-22页 |
| Chapter Two A Literature Review | 第22-39页 |
| ·Introduction | 第22页 |
| ·Defining Request | 第22-23页 |
| ·Studies of Request | 第23-37页 |
| ·The Cross-cultural Pragmatics Approach | 第23-26页 |
| ·The Speech Act Theoretic Approach | 第26-30页 |
| ·Direct and Indirect Speech Acts | 第30-35页 |
| ·Politeness of Requests | 第35-37页 |
| ·Studies of the Lahu language | 第37-38页 |
| ·Summary | 第38-39页 |
| Chapter Three Research Methodology and Data Collection | 第39-46页 |
| ·Introduction | 第39页 |
| ·Methodology for the Study of Request | 第39-42页 |
| ·Previous Methods Considered | 第39-42页 |
| ·Methodology for the Present Research | 第42页 |
| ·Procedures for Collecting Data of Request | 第42-45页 |
| ·Previous Procedures Considered | 第43-44页 |
| ·Procedures of Data Collection for the Present Study | 第44-45页 |
| ·Description of the Data | 第45页 |
| ·Summary | 第45-46页 |
| Chapter Four A Theoretical Framework for Analyzing Lahu Xi Courtship Requests | 第46-58页 |
| ·Introduction | 第46-47页 |
| ·The Theoretical Basis for This Framework | 第47-55页 |
| ·Language as a Form of Human Social Behavior | 第47-49页 |
| ·Making Courtship Request: Activity Type and Speech Act | 第49-51页 |
| ·Illocutionary Force in the Dating Episode | 第49-51页 |
| ·Politeness and Request | 第51-55页 |
| ·Tact: One Kind of Politeness | 第53页 |
| ·FTAs Theory of Brown & Levinson | 第53-54页 |
| ·The CP and Courtship Request in Lahu Xi dialect | 第54-55页 |
| ·Politeness and the Courtship Request in the Lahu Xi Dialect | 第55-56页 |
| ·Summary | 第56-58页 |
| Chapter Five Analyzing Lahu Xi Requests in the Dating Episode | 第58-69页 |
| ·Introduction | 第58页 |
| ·Different Styles of Request Making | 第58-59页 |
| ·Analysis of the Data in the Dating Episode | 第59-67页 |
| ·The Data | 第60-61页 |
| ·The Analysis | 第61-67页 |
| ·The Initial Step of the Dating Episode | 第61-64页 |
| ·The Second Step of the Dating Episode | 第64-65页 |
| ·The Final Step of the Dating Episode | 第65-67页 |
| ·Summary | 第67-69页 |
| Chapter 6 Analyzing Lahu Xi Requests in the Offering Episode | 第69-76页 |
| ·Introduction | 第69-70页 |
| ·Conventions in the Offering Episode | 第70页 |
| ·Analysis of the Data in Offering Episode | 第70-74页 |
| ·Speech Acts and Society | 第70-73页 |
| ·Speech Acts and Politeness | 第73-74页 |
| ·Summary | 第74-76页 |
| Chapter 7 Conclusions and Implications | 第76-81页 |
| ·Introduction | 第76页 |
| ·Major Findings from the Research | 第76-78页 |
| ·Different Strategies in Different Steps | 第77页 |
| ·Utterances Reflect Culture | 第77-78页 |
| ·Implication of the research | 第78-79页 |
| ·Limitations of the Study and Suggestions for Further Research | 第79-81页 |
| Bibliography | 第81-85页 |
| Appendix | 第85-89页 |
