| Abstract | 第1-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-9页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第9-39页 |
| ·Introduction | 第9-13页 |
| ·Definitions of Culture and Context | 第13-26页 |
| ·Characteristics of Culture | 第14-17页 |
| ·High-context Communication | 第17-18页 |
| ·Low-context Communication | 第18-20页 |
| ·Characteristics of High and Low-context Communication | 第20-22页 |
| ·Use of Covert and Overt Messages | 第20-21页 |
| ·Importance of In-groups and Out-groups | 第21-22页 |
| ·Context and Culture | 第22-24页 |
| ·The Clash of High and Low-context Cultures | 第24-25页 |
| ·The Impact of Confucianism on HC Communication Patterns | 第25-26页 |
| ·The Significance of the Paper | 第26-28页 |
| ·Literature Review | 第28-39页 |
| ·High and Low Context Cultures | 第28-30页 |
| ·Classifying Culture | 第30-34页 |
| ·Values | 第34-39页 |
| Chapter 2 Theoretical Background | 第39-45页 |
| ·Sociolinguistics | 第39-40页 |
| ·Social Anthropology | 第40-41页 |
| ·Social Psychology | 第41-42页 |
| ·Pragmatics | 第42-43页 |
| ·Hall's Views | 第43-45页 |
| Chapter 3 Contrastive Study of the Differences between HC and LC Communication | 第45-87页 |
| ·Receiver-oriented Versus Sender-oriented | 第45-46页 |
| ·Verbal Communication Interaction Dimension | 第46-56页 |
| ·Emphasis on Direct Communication Versus Emphasis on Indirect Communication | 第47-53页 |
| ·Person-oriented and Status-oriented Verbal Styles | 第53-54页 |
| ·Self-enhancement and Self-effacement Verbal Styles | 第54-56页 |
| ·Nonverbal Communication Differences | 第56-70页 |
| ·Facial Expressions | 第57-59页 |
| ·Beliefs Expressed in Talk and Silence | 第59-61页 |
| ·Orientation to Time | 第61-67页 |
| ·Past, Present Oriented and Future Oriented Time | 第63-64页 |
| ·M-Time and P-Time | 第64-67页 |
| ·Different Attitude to Space | 第67-70页 |
| ·The Conflicts and Miscommunications between HC and LC Communication | 第70-87页 |
| ·Violations of Conflict Expectations | 第70-71页 |
| ·Individualism-Collectivism Value Tendencies | 第71-74页 |
| ·The Connection of Individualism-collectivism and HC and LC | 第74-75页 |
| ·Different Meanings of Face | 第75-77页 |
| ·Cultural Conflict Assumptions | 第77-82页 |
| ·Cross-cultural Conflict Interaction Styles | 第82-85页 |
| ·Manage Conflicts Effectively | 第85-87页 |
| Chapter 4 Methods and Analysis | 第87-96页 |
| ·The Empirical Study | 第87-88页 |
| ·The Questionnaire | 第87-88页 |
| ·Research Findings | 第88-96页 |
| ·Statistical Analysis of the Subjects' Cultural Knowledge | 第88-90页 |
| ·Case Study | 第90-96页 |
| ·Case 1 | 第90-91页 |
| ·The Analysis of Case 1 | 第91-92页 |
| ·Case 2 | 第92-93页 |
| ·The Analysis of Case 2 | 第93-94页 |
| ·Case 3 | 第94-95页 |
| ·The Analysis of Case 3 | 第95-96页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第96-98页 |
| Published Paper | 第98-99页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第99-100页 |
| Bibliography | 第100-104页 |
| Appendix Ⅰ | 第104-107页 |
| Appendix Ⅱ | 第107-110页 |
