| Abstract | 第1-5页 |
| 摘 要 | 第5-8页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第8-16页 |
| ·The scope of the thesis | 第8-11页 |
| ·Interpretation of some useful terms | 第11-16页 |
| ·Politeness | 第12-13页 |
| ·Pragmatic failure | 第13-14页 |
| ·Face | 第14-16页 |
| Chapter 2 Studies of politeness in English and Chinese cultures | 第16-29页 |
| ·Studies of politeness in English culture | 第16-21页 |
| ·Brown and Levinson’s Face-saving Theory (FT) | 第16-18页 |
| ·Leech’s Politeness Principle | 第18-21页 |
| ·Studies of politeness in China | 第21-27页 |
| ·Gu Yueguo’s Politeness Model | 第21-24页 |
| ·Mao’s relative face orientation construct | 第24-26页 |
| ·He Zhaoxiong’s study of politeness | 第26-27页 |
| ·Summary | 第27-29页 |
| Chapter 3 The similarities of politeness in English and Chinese cultures | 第29-33页 |
| ·Universal nature of politeness | 第29-30页 |
| ·The comparison of Leech’s Politeness Principle and Gu’s Politeness Model | 第30-33页 |
| ·Three characteristics | 第30-31页 |
| ·The contents of Leech’s maxims and Gu’s maxims | 第31-33页 |
| Chapter 4 A contrastive analysis of politeness in English and Chinese cultures | 第33-52页 |
| ·The origins of politeness in two cultures | 第33-36页 |
| ·Chinese Limao and Li | 第34-35页 |
| ·The origin of English politeness | 第35-36页 |
| ·The connotations of politeness in English and Chinese cultures | 第36-42页 |
| ·Cultural value and politeness | 第36-38页 |
| ·Individualism | 第36-37页 |
| ·Collectivism | 第37-38页 |
| ·Politeness and privacy | 第38-39页 |
| ·Mode of thinking and politeness | 第39-42页 |
| ·The contrastive analysis on politeness principles in English and Chinese cultures | 第42-45页 |
| ·The self-denigration maxim | 第42-43页 |
| ·The address maxim | 第43-44页 |
| ·The refinement maxim | 第44-45页 |
| ·The agreement maxim | 第45页 |
| ·The contrast between Chinese face and English face | 第45-52页 |
| ·Chinese “face”and Brown and Levinson’s “face” | 第46-52页 |
| ·The concept of “face” | 第46-48页 |
| ·The content of “face” | 第48-49页 |
| ·Face work performance | 第49-52页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第52-54页 |
| Bibliography | 第54-55页 |
