| 摘要 | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-7页 |
| Abbreviations | 第7-8页 |
| List of Tables and Figures | 第8-13页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第13-17页 |
| ·Background and rationale of the research | 第13-14页 |
| ·Objectives of the present study | 第14-15页 |
| ·The significance of the present study | 第15-16页 |
| ·Organization of the thesis | 第16-17页 |
| Chapter 2 literature Review and Criticism | 第17-29页 |
| ·Brief introduction of compliments | 第17-22页 |
| ·The study of implicit compliments | 第22-24页 |
| ·The study of Chinese implicit compliments | 第24-25页 |
| ·Criticism of previous research and introduction of present research | 第25-29页 |
| Chapter 3 Theoretical Framework | 第29-35页 |
| ·Variation theory | 第29-32页 |
| ·Politeness theory | 第32-35页 |
| Chapter 4 Research design and methodology | 第35-49页 |
| ·Research questions | 第35-36页 |
| ·Research methodology | 第36-44页 |
| ·Material selection (The study of implicit compliments in Chinese films) | 第36-37页 |
| ·The natural observation of people’s using ICs | 第37页 |
| ·Questionnaire (Choices Selection & DCT ) | 第37-44页 |
| ·Research procedure | 第44-45页 |
| ·Data codification | 第45-48页 |
| ·The coding scheme for analyzing implicit compliment types | 第45-47页 |
| ·The coding scheme for analyzing compliment topics | 第47页 |
| ·The coding scheme for analyzing complimenters’gender and age | 第47-48页 |
| ·The coding scheme for analyzing social class | 第48页 |
| ·Data processing | 第48-49页 |
| Chapter 5 Results | 第49-78页 |
| ·Overall understanding of implicit compliments | 第49-56页 |
| ·General analysis of Chinese ICs | 第49-51页 |
| ·Types and characteristics of implicit compliments in Chinese | 第51-56页 |
| ·The overall distribution of CIC strategies | 第56-60页 |
| ·The overall distribution of CIC types | 第56-57页 |
| ·The overall distribution of CIC topics | 第57-59页 |
| ·The distribution of CIC types combining with CIC topics | 第59-60页 |
| ·The CIC strategies used by different gender groups | 第60-66页 |
| ·The overall distribution of CIC strategies used by different gender groups | 第60-64页 |
| ·CIC types: the overall distribution by different gender groups | 第64-65页 |
| ·CIC topics: the overall distribution by different gender groups | 第65-66页 |
| ·The CIC strategies used by different social classes | 第66-71页 |
| ·The overall distribution of CIC strategies used by different social classes | 第67-69页 |
| ·CIC types: the overall distribution by different social classes | 第69-70页 |
| ·CIC topics: the overall distribution by different social classes | 第70-71页 |
| ·The CIC strategies used by different age groups | 第71-78页 |
| ·The overall distribution of CIC strategies used by different age group | 第72-75页 |
| ·CIC types: the overall distribution by different age groups | 第75-76页 |
| ·CIC topics: the overall distribution by different age groups | 第76-78页 |
| Chapter 6 Discussion | 第78-85页 |
| ·An overview of CIC strategies | 第78-80页 |
| ·The CIC strategies used by two genders | 第80-82页 |
| ·The CIC strategies used by three social classes | 第82-83页 |
| ·The CIC strategies used by three age groups | 第83-85页 |
| Chapter 7 Conclusion | 第85-88页 |
| ·review of the study | 第85-86页 |
| ·Implications | 第86页 |
| ·Limitations and suggestions | 第86-88页 |
| References | 第88-92页 |
| Appendix Ⅰ | 第92-95页 |
| Appendix Ⅱ | 第95-104页 |
| Appendix Ⅲ | 第104-116页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第116-117页 |
| 攻读硕士学位期间的研究成果 | 第117页 |
