| 摘要 | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-11页 |
| Introduction | 第11-17页 |
| Chapter 1 Compliment Responses and Related Studies | 第17-31页 |
| ·Defining Compliment Event | 第17-19页 |
| ·Definition of Compliment | 第17-19页 |
| ·Definition of Compliment Responses | 第19页 |
| ·Previous Studies on Compliment Responses | 第19-28页 |
| ·Conversational Analysis Studies | 第22-23页 |
| ·Prescriptive Approach | 第23-24页 |
| ·Pragmatic Studies | 第24-26页 |
| ·Contrastive Studies on Compliment Responses | 第26-28页 |
| ·Limitations of Previous Studies | 第28-31页 |
| ·Few Studies on CRs in Chinese Context | 第29页 |
| ·Disagreement Among Studies | 第29页 |
| ·Static Perspective of Previous Studies on C and CR | 第29-31页 |
| Chapter 2 Theoretical Framework | 第31-47页 |
| ·Speech Act Theory | 第31-33页 |
| ·Austin's Speech Act Theory | 第31-32页 |
| ·Searle's Speech Act Theory | 第32-33页 |
| ·Politeness Theory | 第33-37页 |
| ·Face-saving Theory by Brown and Levinson | 第34页 |
| ·Conversation-maxim Theory by Leech | 第34-36页 |
| ·Studies on Politeness in Chinese Context | 第36-37页 |
| ·Adaptation Theory | 第37-47页 |
| ·Pragmatics as a Functional Perspective on Language Use | 第37-40页 |
| ·Three Related Key Notions in the Adaptation Theory | 第40-41页 |
| ·Contextual Correlates of Adaptability | 第41-44页 |
| ·Role of Ingredients of the Communicative Context | 第44-47页 |
| ·Role of the Social World in Communication | 第44-45页 |
| ·Role of the Mental World in Communication | 第45-47页 |
| Chapter 3 Empirical Study | 第47-59页 |
| ·Research Questions and Hypotheses | 第47-49页 |
| ·Defining the Variables | 第49-50页 |
| ·Research Instruments | 第50-55页 |
| ·Discourse Completion Task Questionnaire | 第51-52页 |
| ·Interview | 第52-53页 |
| ·Natural Observation | 第53-55页 |
| ·Subjects and Sampling | 第55-56页 |
| ·Data Collection | 第56-57页 |
| ·Data Processing | 第57-59页 |
| Chapter 4 Results and Discussion | 第59-93页 |
| ·Results | 第59-76页 |
| ·Overall Distribution of CR Strategies for the Chinese People to Accept Compliments | 第59-62页 |
| ·CR Strategies and the Variability of the Compliment Responses Speech Act | 第62-68页 |
| ·CR Strategies and Gender | 第62-64页 |
| ·CR Strategies and Age | 第64-66页 |
| ·CR Strategies and Educational Level | 第66-68页 |
| ·CR Strategies Language Users Used in the Chinese Context | 第68-76页 |
| ·Explicit Acceptance | 第69-71页 |
| ·Implicit Acceptance | 第71-72页 |
| ·Deflection | 第72-74页 |
| ·Implicit Rejection | 第74-75页 |
| ·Explicit Rejection | 第75-76页 |
| ·Combination | 第76页 |
| ·Discussion | 第76-93页 |
| ·Adaptation to Language Users | 第77-80页 |
| ·Adaptation to the Social World | 第80-87页 |
| ·Adaptation to the Social Setting | 第80-81页 |
| ·Adaptation to Western Culture Influences | 第81-82页 |
| ·Adaptation to the Traditional Chinese Culture | 第82-87页 |
| ·Adaptation to the Mental World | 第87-93页 |
| ·Adaptation to the Complimenter's Emotion | 第88-89页 |
| ·Adaptation to the Complimenter's Value Systems | 第89-93页 |
| Conclusion | 第93-97页 |
| Bibliography | 第97-103页 |
| Appendix Ⅰ | 第103-107页 |
| Appendix Ⅱ | 第107-109页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第109-111页 |
