| Abstract | 第1-6页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第6-10页 |
| 1. Introduction | 第10-11页 |
| 2. Literature Review | 第11-15页 |
| ·Chinese Refusals and Speech Act Theory | 第11-12页 |
| ·Chinese Refusals and Ostensible Speech Acts | 第12-15页 |
| 3.Theoretical Framework | 第15-20页 |
| ·Speech Act Theory | 第15-16页 |
| ·The Politeness Principle | 第16-20页 |
| ·Goffman’s Version of “Face” | 第16-17页 |
| ·Brown and Levinson’s Notion of Politeness | 第17-20页 |
| 4. Research Method and Data Collection | 第20-22页 |
| 5. Chinese Sincere Refusals and Politeness | 第22-25页 |
| ·Nature and Need for Politeness Strategies of Sincere Refusals | 第22页 |
| ·Chinese Sincere Refusal Strategies and Politeness | 第22-25页 |
| ·Direct Refusals and Politeness | 第22-23页 |
| ·Indirect Refusals and Politeness | 第23-25页 |
| 6. Chinese Ostensible Refusals and Politeness | 第25-32页 |
| ·Features of Chinese Ostensible Refusals | 第25-27页 |
| ·Politeness of Chinese Ostensible Refusals | 第27-32页 |
| ·Chinese Ostensible Refusals and the Politeness Function | 第27-28页 |
| ·Chinese Ostensible Refusals and the Politeness Strategies | 第28-32页 |
| ·On-record Strategies | 第28-30页 |
| ·Bald on Record | 第28-29页 |
| ·Face Saving Acts | 第29-30页 |
| ·Off-record Strategies | 第30-32页 |
| 7. Comparison between Chinese Sincere and Ostensible Refusals | 第32-37页 |
| ·Social Variables and the Effects on Politeness Strategies | 第32-33页 |
| ·The Origin of Social Variables in the Politeness Theory | 第32页 |
| ·Influence of Power and Solidarity Variables on Sincere and Ostensible Refusals | 第32-33页 |
| ·Politeness Strategies Distribution of Sincere and Ostensible Refusals | 第33-34页 |
| ·Differences of Structure and Sequence between Sincere and Ostensible Refusals | 第34-37页 |
| ·Comparison on Structure between Sincere and Ostensible Refusals | 第34-35页 |
| ·Comparison on Sequence between Sincere and Ostensible Refusals | 第35-37页 |
| 8. Conclusions | 第37-38页 |
| Bibliography | 第38-41页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第41页 |
