| Abstract | 第1-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-7页 |
| Contents | 第7-9页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第9-15页 |
| ·Research Background | 第9-10页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第10-11页 |
| ·Significance of this Study | 第11页 |
| ·Research Method and Date Collection | 第11-13页 |
| ·Research Method | 第11-12页 |
| ·Data Collection | 第12-13页 |
| ·Organization of this Study | 第13-15页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第15-26页 |
| ·Traditional Approaches to Impoliteness | 第15-18页 |
| ·Lachenicht's Impoliteness Model | 第15-16页 |
| ·Jonathan Culpeper's Impoliteness Model | 第16-17页 |
| ·Critical Comments on Traditional Impoliteness | 第17-18页 |
| ·Discursive Approach to Impoliteness | 第18-20页 |
| ·Impoliteness as Kind of Relational Work | 第18-19页 |
| ·Critical Comments on Discursive Approach | 第19-20页 |
| ·Interactional Approaches to Impoliteness | 第20-26页 |
| ·Response Model to Impoliteness | 第20-21页 |
| ·Critical Comments on Response Model to Impoliteness | 第21-22页 |
| ·Extended Response Model to Impoliteness | 第22-24页 |
| ·Summary | 第24-26页 |
| Chapter Three Types of Impoliteness as Entertainment | 第26-51页 |
| ·Classification of Impoliteness from "beginnings" | 第26-36页 |
| ·Impoliteness and Under-politeness | 第26-29页 |
| ·Sincere Impoliteness and Insincere Impoliteness | 第29-30页 |
| ·Intentional Impoliteness and Unintentional Impoliteness | 第30-36页 |
| ·Classification of Impoliteness from "middles" | 第36-42页 |
| ·Impoliteness Responded with Silence | 第37-39页 |
| ·Impoliteness Responded with Acceptive Response | 第39-41页 |
| ·Impoliteness Responded with Counteractive Response | 第41-42页 |
| ·Classification of Impoliteness from "ends" | 第42-51页 |
| ·Impoliteness Ending with Submission to the Opponent | 第43-45页 |
| ·Impoliteness Ending with Intervention of the Third Party | 第45-47页 |
| ·Impoliteness Ending with Stand-off | 第47-48页 |
| ·Impoliteness Ending with Withdrawal | 第48-51页 |
| Chapter Four Manifestations of Impoliteness as Entertainment | 第51-61页 |
| ·Impoliteness as Entertainment Manifested in the Speaker | 第51-54页 |
| ·Entertainment Manifested in Speaker's Ways of Expression | 第51-53页 |
| ·Entertainment Manifested in the Dramatic Change of Speaker's Attitude | 第53-54页 |
| ·Impoliteness as Entertainment Manifested in the Hearer | 第54-58页 |
| ·Entertainment Manifested in Hearer's Ways of Responses | 第55-56页 |
| ·Entertainment Manifested in the Dramatic Change of Hearer's Position | 第56-58页 |
| ·Entertainment Manifested in the Reaction of the Third Party | 第58-61页 |
| Chapter Five Reasons for Impoliteness as Entertainment | 第61-66页 |
| ·Psychological Reasons | 第61-64页 |
| ·Demonstration of Personalities | 第61-63页 |
| ·Coordination of Interpersonal Relationships | 第63-64页 |
| ·Contextual Reasons | 第64-66页 |
| ·Impoliteness with Linguistic Context | 第64-65页 |
| ·Impoliteness with Extra-linguistic Context | 第65-66页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第66-68页 |
| ·Summary of Major Findings | 第66-67页 |
| ·Limitations and Directions of Future Research | 第67-68页 |
| Bibliography | 第68-72页 |
| Appendix | 第72-83页 |
| Acknowledgments | 第83页 |
