| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract in English | 第6-8页 |
| Abstract in Chinese | 第8-9页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第9-14页 |
| ·Definition of Politeness | 第10-12页 |
| ·The Significance of the Thesis | 第12-13页 |
| ·The Format of this Thesis | 第13-14页 |
| Chapter Two Conversational-maxim Perspective | 第14-19页 |
| ·Grice's Cooperative Principle | 第14-15页 |
| ·Lakoff's Model of Politeness | 第15-16页 |
| ·Leech's Politeness Principle (PP) | 第16-19页 |
| Chapter Three Face-management Perspective | 第19-40页 |
| ·Preface | 第19-22页 |
| ·Politeness and Language | 第20页 |
| ·Language and Culture | 第20-21页 |
| ·Politeness and Culture | 第21-22页 |
| ·Politeness Study in the English Culture | 第22-29页 |
| ·A brief historical Review | 第22-23页 |
| ·Brown and Levison's Face Theory | 第23-26页 |
| ·Notion of Face | 第23-25页 |
| ·Components of Face | 第25-26页 |
| ·Types of Politeness | 第26页 |
| ·AssertivenessandEnglishPoliteness | 第26-28页 |
| ·Individualism and Privacy-the Centre of English Culture | 第28-29页 |
| ·Politeness Study in the Chinese Culture | 第29-40页 |
| ·A brief Historical Review | 第29-31页 |
| ·Gu's Politeness Model | 第31-32页 |
| ·Non-assertiveness and Chinese Politeness | 第32-34页 |
| ·Collectivism and Attitudinal warmth-the Centre of Chinese Culture | 第34-35页 |
| ·Two Construals of the Self: Interdependent and Independent | 第35-38页 |
| ·Some Personal Perceptions | 第38-40页 |
| Chapter Four Politeness Strategies | 第40-45页 |
| ·Sociological Factors Affecting the Choice of Politeness Strategies | 第40-42页 |
| ·Politeness Strategies for Doing FTAs | 第42-45页 |
| Chapter Five English and Chinese Politeness Realization in Speech Acts | 第45-71页 |
| ·Forms of Address | 第46-50页 |
| ·Greetings | 第50-53页 |
| ·Compliments | 第53-57页 |
| ·Invitations | 第57-60页 |
| ·Thankings | 第60-62页 |
| ·Apologies | 第62-66页 |
| ·Offers | 第66-69页 |
| ·Leave-takings | 第69-71页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第71-73页 |
| Bibliography: | 第73-77页 |
