| Acknowledgement | 第1-4页 |
| English abstract | 第4-5页 |
| Chinese abstract | 第5-9页 |
| Introduction | 第9-11页 |
| Chapter 1 Literature review | 第11-33页 |
| ·The universal variables often used to explain cross-cultural differences: their possible implications on facework | 第11-22页 |
| ·Individualism and Collectivism | 第11-14页 |
| ·Power distance | 第14-16页 |
| ·High context and low context | 第16-17页 |
| ·Self-construals: content of the self in different cultures | 第17-20页 |
| ·Chinese hierarchy and obligation orientation versus American equality and right orientation | 第20-22页 |
| ·Identifying face factors in interpersonal communication | 第22-26页 |
| ·A key element in constituting and maintaining identity | 第22-23页 |
| ·A rich repertoire of emotions | 第23页 |
| ·A determinant factor of conflicts | 第23-24页 |
| ·A mechanism to defend face-facework | 第24-25页 |
| ·A conclusive definition/ dimension of face | 第25-26页 |
| ·Moving toward a research framework | 第26-33页 |
| ·Face in China | 第27-30页 |
| ·Face in the United States | 第30-33页 |
| Chapter 2 Rationale for similarities | 第33-36页 |
| Chapter 3 Research Hypotheses | 第36-38页 |
| Chapter 4 Methodology | 第38-51页 |
| ·Research design | 第38页 |
| ·Translation procedure | 第38页 |
| ·Survey procedure | 第38-39页 |
| ·Reliability check | 第39页 |
| ·Analysis procedure | 第39-40页 |
| ·Respondents | 第40页 |
| ·Findings from the survey | 第40-49页 |
| ·Report of the findings | 第41-47页 |
| ·Similarities in face perception | 第47-49页 |
| ·Discussion of significance | 第49-51页 |
| ·Test of hypotheses | 第49-50页 |
| ·Merits and limits of the study | 第50-51页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第51-52页 |
| Appendix | 第52-59页 |
| References | 第59-64页 |
