| 中文摘要 | 第1-4页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第4-8页 |
| CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION | 第8-12页 |
| ·THE STUDY BACKGROUND | 第8-10页 |
| ·THE PURPOSE AND SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS RESEARCH | 第10-11页 |
| ·THE STRUCTURE OF THIS THESIS | 第11-12页 |
| CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE REVIEW | 第12-29页 |
| ·LANGUAGE, CULTURE AND INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION | 第12-14页 |
| ·CULTURAL TRANSFER IN INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION | 第14-16页 |
| ·The concepts and classification of cultural transfer | 第14-15页 |
| ·Influence of cultural transfer on intercultural communication | 第15-16页 |
| ·FACTORS WHICH INFLUENCE SECOND LANGUAGE LEARNING | 第16-18页 |
| ·CONCEPTS OF ‘FACE’ AND POLITENESS IN AMERICAN CULTURE AND CHINESE CULTURE | 第18-25页 |
| ·Brown and Levinson’s concepts of face and politeness | 第18-20页 |
| ·Leech’s politeness principles | 第20-22页 |
| ·Gu’s politeness and face theory | 第22-24页 |
| ·Differences between western and Chinese conception of face-work | 第24-25页 |
| ·PREVIOUS STUDIES ON COMPLIMENT AND CRS. | 第25-29页 |
| ·The functions of compliment | 第25-26页 |
| ·The topic of compliment | 第26页 |
| ·Previous studies in Compliment Responses | 第26-29页 |
| CHAPTER THREE METHODOLOGY | 第29-34页 |
| ·INSTRUMENT | 第29-30页 |
| ·DESIGN | 第30-31页 |
| ·SUBJECTS | 第31页 |
| ·PROCEDURE | 第31页 |
| ·DATA CODING SCHEME AND STATISTICAL ANALYSIS | 第31-34页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR RESULTS AND DISCUSSION | 第34-53页 |
| ·RESEARCH QUESTION ONE | 第34-43页 |
| ·RESEARCH QUESTION TWO | 第43-48页 |
| ·RESEARCH QUESTION THREE | 第48-53页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE CONCLUSION | 第53-57页 |
| ·CONCLUSION | 第53-55页 |
| ·IMPLICATIONS | 第55页 |
| ·LIMITATIONS | 第55-56页 |
| ·SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER RESEARCh | 第56-57页 |
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第57-58页 |
| REFERENCES | 第58-62页 |
| APPENDIX | 第62-63页 |
| I. COMPLIMENT RESPONSES QUESTIONNAIRE | 第62-63页 |
| II. PUBLICATIONS DURING THE PROGRAM | 第63页 |
