| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第1-6页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第6-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-10页 |
| CONTENTS | 第10-13页 |
| LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS | 第13-14页 |
| LIST OF TABLES | 第14-15页 |
| LIST OF FIGURES | 第15-16页 |
| CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION | 第16-20页 |
| ·Research Background | 第16-17页 |
| ·Research Objective | 第17-18页 |
| ·Significance of the study | 第18页 |
| ·Outline of the Thesis | 第18-20页 |
| CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE REVIEW | 第20-28页 |
| ·Speech Act Theory | 第20-23页 |
| ·Austin and Searle's Speech Act Theory | 第20-22页 |
| ·Speech Act Theory and Its Criticism | 第22-23页 |
| ·Cross-cultural Studies of Compliment | 第23-25页 |
| ·Studies of compliments in English | 第23-25页 |
| ·Studies of compliments in Chinese | 第25页 |
| ·Summary | 第25-28页 |
| CHAPTER THREE THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK | 第28-36页 |
| ·Brown & Levinson's Politeness Theory | 第28-30页 |
| ·Baba's Politeness Pattern of Compliment Response | 第30-32页 |
| ·Scollon & Scollon's Three Politeness Systems | 第32-35页 |
| ·Summary | 第35-36页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR METHODOLOGY | 第36-42页 |
| ·Introduction | 第36页 |
| ·Pragmatic Approach | 第36-37页 |
| ·Data Collection | 第37-39页 |
| ·Defining Business Contexts,Power Relationship and Interpersonal Distance | 第39-42页 |
| ·Power Relationship(P-rating) | 第39-40页 |
| ·Interpersonal Distance(D-rating) | 第40-41页 |
| ·Business Contexts | 第41-42页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE POWER IN COMPLIMENT AND COMPLIMENT RESPONSE | 第42-66页 |
| ·Power in Compliment and Compliment Response in Chinese Business Context(CBC) | 第42-50页 |
| ·Power in Compliment in CBC | 第42-47页 |
| ·Power in Compliment Response in CBC | 第47-50页 |
| ·Power in Compliment and Compliment Response in American Business Context(ABC) | 第50-57页 |
| ·Power in Compliment in ABC | 第50-54页 |
| ·Power in Compliment Response in ABC | 第54-57页 |
| ·Comparison of Power in Compliment and Compliment Response between CBC and ABC | 第57-60页 |
| ·Compliment in ABC and CBC | 第57-59页 |
| ·Politeness Patterns of Compliment Response | 第59-60页 |
| ·Remarks on Power in Cross-cultural Business Contexts | 第60-63页 |
| ·Linguistic Features | 第60-61页 |
| ·Cultural Insights | 第61-63页 |
| ·Summary | 第63-66页 |
| CHAPTER SIX INTERPERSONAL DISTANCE IN COMPLIMENT AND COMPLIMENT RESPONSE | 第66-86页 |
| ·Interpersonal Distance in Compliment and Compliment Response in Chinese Business Context(CBC) | 第66-72页 |
| ·Interpersonal Distance in Compliment in CBC | 第66-70页 |
| ·Interpersonal Distance in Compliment Response in CBC | 第70-72页 |
| ·Interpersonal Distance in Compliment and Compliment Response in American Business Context(ABC) | 第72-78页 |
| ·Interpersonal Distance in Compliment in ABC | 第72-76页 |
| ·Interpersonal Distance in Compliment Response in ABC | 第76-78页 |
| ·Comparison of Interpersonal Distance in Compliment and Compliment Response between ABC and CBC | 第78-80页 |
| ·Compliment in ABC and CBC | 第78-79页 |
| ·Politeness Patterns of Compliment Response | 第79-80页 |
| ·Remarks on Interpersonal Distance in Cross-cultural Business Contexts | 第80-83页 |
| ·Linguistic Features | 第80-82页 |
| ·Cultural Insights | 第82-83页 |
| ·Summary | 第83-86页 |
| CHAPTER SEVEN CONCLUSION | 第86-88页 |
| ·Major Findings in Study | 第86-87页 |
| ·Limitations | 第87页 |
| ·Directions for Future Studies | 第87-88页 |
| REFERENCE | 第88-92页 |
| APPENDIX | 第92-132页 |
