| Chapter I Introduction | 第9-11页 |
| Chapter II Theoretical Framework of Face and Politeness | 第11-44页 |
| 2.1 Cooperative Principle and Politeness Principle | 第11-19页 |
| 2.1.1 Cooperative Principle and Conversational Implicature | 第11-13页 |
| 2.1.2 Politeness Principle | 第13-19页 |
| 2.2 Face and Face-work | 第19-22页 |
| 2.3 Brown and Levinson’s Politeness Framework | 第22-44页 |
| 2.3.1 Face Threatening Act | 第22-28页 |
| 2.3.2 Politeness Strategies | 第28-41页 |
| 2.3.3 Interpersonal Variables of Politeness | 第41-44页 |
| Chapter III The Interpretation of Politeness from Cross-cultural Perspectives | 第44-58页 |
| 3.1 The Concept of Politeness | 第44-47页 |
| 3.2 Universality versus Specificity | 第47-50页 |
| 3.3 Differences between Brown & Levinson’s and Chinese Conceptions of Face-work and Politeness | 第50-58页 |
| 3.3.1 Understanding Chinese Face and Face-work | 第50-51页 |
| 3.3.2 Essential Differences | 第51-58页 |
| 3.3.2.1 Communal Emphasis versus Individualistic Emphasis | 第51-54页 |
| 3.3.2.2 First Order versus Second Order | 第54-56页 |
| 3.3.2.3 Different Interpretations of Inviting Behavior | 第56-58页 |
| Chapter IV The Contrastive Study on Chinese-English Compliment Response Behavior | 第58-89页 |
| 4.1 Analyzing Compliment Response under the Politeness Framework | 第58-69页 |
| 4.1.1 Typology of Compliment Response Strategy | 第58-62页 |
| 4.1.2 Application of Politeness Framework | 第62-69页 |
| 4.2 Cross-cultural Analysis under Brown and Levinson’s Apparatus | 第69-73页 |
| 4.3 Deeper Analysis of the Concept of Chinese Face | 第73-78页 |
| 4.3.1 ‘面子mianzi’ | 第74-76页 |
| 4.3.2 ‘脸lian’ | 第76-78页 |
| 4.4 Chinese Response Strategies | 第78-82页 |
| 4.5 Appropriateness Approach to Politeness | 第82-89页 |
| Chapter V Conclusion | 第89-92页 |
| Bibliography | 第92-100页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第100-110页 |
