| Acknowledgement | 第1-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-9页 |
| Abstract | 第9-11页 |
| 前言 | 第11-24页 |
| 1.引言 | 第11页 |
| 2.理论基础及相关研究综述 | 第11-14页 |
| 3.研究方法 | 第14-16页 |
| 4.结果与讨论 | 第16-21页 |
| 5.结论 | 第21-22页 |
| 6.研究启示及建议 | 第22-23页 |
| 7.研究存在的不足之处 | 第23页 |
| 8.结语 | 第23-24页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第24-27页 |
| ·Background of the study | 第24-25页 |
| ·Research questions | 第25页 |
| ·General organization of the thesis | 第25-27页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第27-52页 |
| ·Introduction | 第27页 |
| ·Western and Chinese concepts of politeness | 第27-39页 |
| ·Brown and Levinson's concepts of face and politeness | 第27-32页 |
| ·Leech's politeness maxims | 第32-34页 |
| ·Gu's politeness principles | 第34-37页 |
| ·Differences between the Western and Chinese concepts of politeness | 第37-39页 |
| ·Previous studies on compliment responses | 第39-52页 |
| ·Studies conducted by western scholars | 第39-45页 |
| ·Studies on compliment responses by Chinese scholars | 第45-50页 |
| ·Comment on the methods of data collection | 第50-52页 |
| Chapter Three Methodology | 第52-60页 |
| ·Purposes of the research | 第52页 |
| ·Participants | 第52-53页 |
| ·Research instrument | 第53-55页 |
| ·DCT questionnaire | 第53-54页 |
| ·Natural observation | 第54-55页 |
| ·Procedures for date collection | 第55-56页 |
| ·Procedure for DCT questionnaire | 第55页 |
| ·Procedure for natural observation | 第55-56页 |
| ·Data coding scheme | 第56-60页 |
| Chapter Four Results and Discussion | 第60-76页 |
| ·The distribution of compliment response strategies by Chinese EFL learners in Chinese | 第60-68页 |
| ·Chinese compliment responses | 第61-64页 |
| ·The comparison between the university students and the high school students on compliment response strategies in Chinese | 第64-66页 |
| ·Distribution of compliment responses on appearance, possession and ability | 第66-68页 |
| ·The distribution of compliment response strategies by Chinese EFL learners in English | 第68-70页 |
| ·The comparison between the distribution of compliment response strategies by Chinese EFL learners in Chinese and in English | 第70-71页 |
| ·Discussion | 第71-75页 |
| ·Chinese traditional cultural norms regarding politeness | 第71-73页 |
| ·Cultural transfer and language proficiency | 第73-75页 |
| ·Summary | 第75-76页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第76-79页 |
| ·Major findings | 第76-77页 |
| ·Implications and suggestions | 第77-78页 |
| ·Limitations | 第78-79页 |
| References | 第79-83页 |
| Appendix I DCT (English Version) | 第83-84页 |
| Appendix II DCT (Chinese Version) | 第84页 |
