| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract (English version) | 第5-7页 |
| Abstract (Chinese version) | 第7-13页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第13-22页 |
| ·Definitions of politeness | 第13-16页 |
| ·Cultural universality and specificity of politeness | 第16-17页 |
| ·The Universality of Politeness | 第16-17页 |
| ·The specificity of the politeness | 第17页 |
| ·Motivation of the study | 第17-20页 |
| ·Objectives and approaches of the study | 第20页 |
| ·Organization of the thesis | 第20-22页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第22-36页 |
| ·The related studies abroad | 第22-28页 |
| ·The related studies at home | 第28-35页 |
| ·Summary | 第35-36页 |
| Chapter Three Methodology and Procedures | 第36-42页 |
| ·Questions concerned | 第36-38页 |
| ·Subjects | 第38-39页 |
| ·Questionnaires | 第39-40页 |
| ·Data collection | 第40-41页 |
| ·Methods for data analysis | 第41页 |
| ·Summary | 第41-42页 |
| Chapter Four Results and Discussion | 第42-63页 |
| ·People's recognition of Gu's self denigration maxim | 第42-54页 |
| ·The actual use of these referring words | 第45-46页 |
| ·Social variables and use of the referring words | 第46-50页 |
| ·Gender and use of referring words | 第46-48页 |
| ·Education background and use of referring words | 第48-49页 |
| ·Age and use of referring words | 第49-50页 |
| ·The degree of politeness of the referring words | 第50-51页 |
| ·Social variables and the degree of politeness of the referring words | 第51-54页 |
| ·Gender and the degree of politeness of the referring words | 第51-52页 |
| ·Education and the degree of politeness of the referring words | 第52-53页 |
| ·Age and the degree of politeness of the referring words | 第53-54页 |
| ·People's recognition of Gu's address maxim | 第54-57页 |
| ·People's recognition of Gu's refinement maxim | 第57-60页 |
| ·The frequency of the actual use of foul words in dairy conversations based on the perception of the listeners | 第58页 |
| ·Social variables and the actual use of foul words | 第58-60页 |
| ·Gender and the actual use of foul words | 第58-59页 |
| ·Education and the actual use of foul words | 第59页 |
| ·Age and the actual use of foul words | 第59-60页 |
| ·The recognition of foul words in terms of degree of politeness by the listeners based on the factor of gender | 第60页 |
| ·Summary | 第60-63页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第63-65页 |
| ·Major findings of the study | 第63页 |
| ·Limitations of the study and suggestions for further research | 第63-65页 |
| Bibliography | 第65-67页 |
| Appendices | 第67-70页 |
| Publications | 第70页 |
