| Acknowledgement | 第1-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-11页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第11-20页 |
| ·Motivation | 第12-14页 |
| ·Methodology | 第14-16页 |
| ·Format of this Thesis | 第16-17页 |
| ·A Brief Survey of the Existing Literature on the Subject | 第17-20页 |
| Chapter Two A General Survey of Politeness | 第20-34页 |
| ·Conception of Politeness | 第20-24页 |
| ·Conception of Politeness in English-speaking Countries | 第20-22页 |
| ·Conception of Politeness in China | 第22-24页 |
| ·Dimensions of Politeness | 第24-25页 |
| ·Language, Culture & Politeness | 第25-34页 |
| ·Interrelationship Between Language, Culture & Politeness | 第25-27页 |
| ·Universality of Politeness Across Cultures | 第27-28页 |
| ·Cultural Specificity of Politeness | 第28-29页 |
| ·Dominant Cultural Values in English and Chinese Cultures | 第29-34页 |
| ·Individualism vs. Collectivism(IC) | 第29-31页 |
| ·Low Power Distance vs. High Power Distance(PD) | 第31页 |
| ·Assertiveness vs. Non-assertiveness | 第31-32页 |
| ·Privacy vs. Mutual Care | 第32-34页 |
| Chapter Three An Overview of Politeness Theories | 第34-56页 |
| ·Conversational-maxim Perspective | 第34-44页 |
| ·Grice's Cooperative Principle(CP) | 第34-37页 |
| ·Lakoff's Model of Politeness | 第37-38页 |
| ·Leech's Politeness Principle(PP) | 第38-42页 |
| ·Gu Yueguo's Politeness Model | 第42-44页 |
| ·Face-management Perspective | 第44-56页 |
| ·E. Goffman's Theory of Face-work | 第44-45页 |
| ·Brown & Levinson's Face Theory | 第45-52页 |
| ·L. R. Mao's Interpretation of 'Face' in the Chinese Culture | 第52-56页 |
| Chapter Four Cultural Differences of Politeness Manifested in Various Speech Acts | 第56-97页 |
| ·Greetings and Partings | 第56-66页 |
| ·Greetings | 第58-62页 |
| ·Partings | 第62-66页 |
| ·Offers and Responses | 第66-70页 |
| ·Making Requests | 第70-87页 |
| ·Expressing Apologies | 第87-97页 |
| Chapter Five Implications for EFL Teaching | 第97-113页 |
| ·Communicative Competence | 第97-99页 |
| ·Cross-cultural Pragmatic Failure | 第99-102页 |
| ·Learners'Difficulties in Achieving Pragmatic Competence | 第102-105页 |
| ·Communicative Language Teaching(CLT) | 第105-113页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第113-116页 |
| Bibliography | 第116-118页 |
