| Chinese Abstract | 第1-4页 |
| English Abstract | 第4-6页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第6-11页 |
| ·Definition of Favor Asking | 第6-7页 |
| ·Overview of Speech Act Theory | 第7-9页 |
| ·Structure of the Thesis | 第9-11页 |
| Chapter 2 Speech Act Theory and Linguistic Functions of the Research | 第11-16页 |
| ·Feasibility | 第11页 |
| ·Empirical Validity | 第11-12页 |
| ·Explanatory Power | 第12-16页 |
| ·Function of Individual Utterances | 第13页 |
| ·Sequencing | 第13-16页 |
| Chapter 3 Favor Asking and its Three Stages | 第16-25页 |
| ·Defining Features of Favor Asking | 第16-19页 |
| ·Three Stages of Favor Asking | 第19-25页 |
| ·Pre-favor | 第19-21页 |
| ·Favor | 第21-22页 |
| ·Response | 第22-25页 |
| ·Positive Response | 第22页 |
| ·Conditional Response | 第22-23页 |
| ·Negative Response | 第23-25页 |
| Chapter 4 Analysis of Favor Asking from the Perspective of Speech Act Theory | 第25-32页 |
| ·Aspects of Favor Asking that Conform to Speech Act Theory | 第26-32页 |
| ·The Nature of Favor Asking | 第26-27页 |
| ·Pre-conditions for Favor Asking | 第27-30页 |
| ·The Three Stages of Favor Asking Revisited | 第30-32页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第32-34页 |
| Bibliography | 第34-36页 |
