| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-10页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第10-13页 |
| ·The Significance of the Study | 第10-11页 |
| ·Objectives of the Thesis | 第11-12页 |
| ·Structure of the Thesis | 第12-13页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review of Politeness | 第13-28页 |
| ·The Conversational-maxim Perspective | 第13-19页 |
| ·Grice’s Cooperative Principle-----the origin of the conversational-maxim perspective | 第13-15页 |
| ·Lakoff’s View | 第15-16页 |
| ·Leech’s Politeness Principle | 第16-19页 |
| ·The Face-Saving Perspective--Brown & Levinson’s Face-saving Theory | 第19-21页 |
| ·A Cross-cultural Perspective | 第21-27页 |
| ·The Politeness Principle Revisited in China | 第21-26页 |
| ·Gu Yueguo’s Politeness Model | 第21-23页 |
| ·Mao’s Relative Face Orientation Construct | 第23-26页 |
| ·The Politeness Principle Reexamined in Other Cultures. | 第26-27页 |
| Summary | 第27-28页 |
| Chapter Three Theory of Adaptation | 第28-34页 |
| ·A New Perspective on Linguistic Pragmatics | 第28-29页 |
| ·Key notions of Adaptation | 第29-32页 |
| ·Making Linguistic Choices | 第29-30页 |
| ·Variability, Negotiability and Adaptability | 第30页 |
| ·Four Angles of Pragmatic Study | 第30-32页 |
| ·Adaptation Theory as a Theoretical Framework for Pragmatic Analysis | 第32-33页 |
| Summary | 第33-34页 |
| Chapter Four Studying Politeness in the Light of Adaptation Theory | 第34-54页 |
| ·The Definition of Politeness | 第34-36页 |
| ·Politeness and Contextual Correlates of Adaptation | 第36-46页 |
| ·Mental World | 第37-41页 |
| ·Emotion of Language User | 第37-38页 |
| ·Expectation of Language User | 第38-39页 |
| ·Values and Beliefs | 第39-41页 |
| ·Social World | 第41-45页 |
| ·Social Position | 第42-43页 |
| ·Social Relationship | 第43-44页 |
| ·Cultural Conventions | 第44-45页 |
| ·Physical World | 第45-46页 |
| ·Politeness and Structural Objects of Adaptability | 第46-48页 |
| ·Politeness and the Dynamics of Adaptability | 第48-51页 |
| ·Politeness and the Salience of Adaptability | 第51-53页 |
| Summary | 第53-54页 |
| Chapter Five Advantages of Studying Politeness Generation in the light of Adaptation Theory | 第54-61页 |
| ·Abundant contextual connotation | 第54-56页 |
| ·Linguistic Impoliteness and Utterance Politeness | 第54-55页 |
| ·Linguistic Politeness and Utterance Impoliteness | 第55-56页 |
| ·Dynamic Adaptation | 第56-57页 |
| ·Salience | 第57-59页 |
| ·Unconscious Politeness | 第57-58页 |
| ·Conscious Politeness | 第58-59页 |
| Summary | 第59-61页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第61-64页 |
| ·Summary of This Thesis | 第61-62页 |
| ·Implications of the Study | 第62-63页 |
| ·Limitations of this Thesis and Suggestions for Further Study | 第63-64页 |
| Bibliography | 第64-68页 |
