| Acknowledgement | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-8页 |
| Content | 第8-10页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第10-14页 |
| Chapter 2 Review of some basic ideas of politeness and Relevance Theory | 第14-17页 |
| ·Review of the notion of politeness | 第14-15页 |
| ·Review of the notion of Politeness Strategies | 第15页 |
| ·Relevance Theory: A framework to be followed | 第15-17页 |
| Chapter 3 Notions of the Relevance Theory, modern Chinese and Politeness Strategies | 第17-25页 |
| ·Introduction to the Relevance Theory | 第17-21页 |
| ·Its theoretical background | 第18页 |
| ·Why study Politeness Strategies within the Relevance Theory framework? | 第18-21页 |
| ·Introduction to modern Chinese and Politeness Strategies | 第21-25页 |
| ·Distribution of modern Chinese and its characteristics | 第21-23页 |
| ·What are Politeness Strategies? | 第23-24页 |
| ·The study of Politeness Strategies and its implications | 第24-25页 |
| Chapter 4 A study of modern Chinese Politeness Strategies from five perspectives | 第25-56页 |
| ·Introduction | 第25-27页 |
| ·What does face mean to the Chinese? | 第25-26页 |
| ·Modern Chinese Politeness Strategies | 第26-27页 |
| ·Modern Chinese politeness strategy (1): bold on record without redressive actions | 第27-33页 |
| ·Fundamentals of politeness strategy (1) | 第27页 |
| ·How strategy (1) stands from the Relevance Theory perceptive? | 第27-32页 |
| ·Summary | 第32-33页 |
| ·Modern Chinese politeness strategy (2): positive politeness | 第33-42页 |
| ·The essence of politeness strategy (2) | 第33-35页 |
| ·Why strategy (2)? An explanation from the Relevance Theory | 第35-42页 |
| ·Summary | 第42页 |
| ·Modern Chinese politeness strategy (3): negative politeness | 第42-46页 |
| ·Principles of negative politeness: avoidance-based | 第42-43页 |
| ·How strategy (3) works? Answers from the Relevance Theory | 第43-46页 |
| ·Summary | 第46页 |
| ·Modern Chinese politeness strategy (4): off the record | 第46-52页 |
| ·Key ideas concerning strategy (4): a highly redressive strategy among Politeness Strategies | 第46-47页 |
| ·Strategy (4) from the Perspective of Relevance Theory? | 第47-51页 |
| ·Summary | 第51-52页 |
| ·Modern Chinese politeness strategy (5): Do not do the FTA | 第52-56页 |
| ·Some basics of strategy (5): the politest strategy | 第52-53页 |
| ·Why strategy (5) makes sense? Views from the Relevance Theory | 第53-54页 |
| ·Summary | 第54-56页 |
| Chapter 5 How Politeness Strategies ensure effectiveness? | 第56-59页 |
| ·Introduction | 第56页 |
| ·Modeling the functioning process of Politeness Strategies | 第56-58页 |
| ·Summary | 第58-59页 |
| Chapter 6 Conclusion | 第59-63页 |
| ·Two Findings | 第59-60页 |
| ·Some drawbacks | 第60-61页 |
| ·Looking into the future | 第61-63页 |
| Reference | 第63-64页 |
