| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-7页 |
| 内容摘要 | 第7-11页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第11-15页 |
| ·Background of the Study | 第11-12页 |
| ·Feasibility of the Study | 第12-13页 |
| ·Layout of the Thesis | 第13-15页 |
| Chapter Two Previous Studies on Politeness | 第15-28页 |
| ·Definitions of Politeness | 第15-18页 |
| ·Various Views on Politeness | 第18-25页 |
| ·The Social-norm View | 第18-19页 |
| ·The Conversational-contract View | 第19页 |
| ·The Conversational-maxim View | 第19-22页 |
| ·The Face-saving View | 第22-24页 |
| ·The Cognitive View | 第24-25页 |
| ·Comments on Previous Studies of Politeness | 第25-28页 |
| Chapter Three Preliminaries: Context and Cognitive Context | 第28-38页 |
| ·Context | 第28-32页 |
| ·Static Context | 第28-30页 |
| ·Dynamic Context | 第30-32页 |
| ·Cognitive Context | 第32-38页 |
| ·Defining Cognitive Context | 第32-33页 |
| ·Constituting Factors in Cognitive Context | 第33-35页 |
| ·Relation between Traditional Context and Cognitive Context | 第35-38页 |
| Chapter Four Polite Utterances Produced in Cognitive Context | 第38-51页 |
| ·Introduction | 第38-39页 |
| ·Cultural Schema in Cognitive Context and Production of Polite Utterances | 第39-43页 |
| ·Phatic Communication and Cultural Schema | 第40-42页 |
| ·Euphemism and Cultural Schema | 第42-43页 |
| ·Situational Schema in Cognitive Context and Production of Polite Utterances | 第43-46页 |
| ·Estimation of Cognitive Context and Production of Polite Utterances | 第46-47页 |
| ·Intentionality and Production of Polite Utterances | 第47-51页 |
| Chapter Five Polite Utterances Interpreted in Cognitive Context | 第51-63页 |
| ·Introduction | 第51-52页 |
| ·Interpretation of Anticipated Politeness | 第52-59页 |
| ·Interpretation of Inferred Politeness | 第59-63页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第63-67页 |
| ·Major Findings and Significance of the Study | 第63-66页 |
| ·Limitations and Suggestions for Future Study | 第66-67页 |
| References | 第67-70页 |
