| ABSTRACT | 第3-4页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-6页 |
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第6-9页 |
| LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS | 第9-11页 |
| CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION | 第11-19页 |
| 1.1 Background of the study | 第11-13页 |
| 1.2 Significance of the study | 第13-16页 |
| 1.3 Objectives of the study | 第16-17页 |
| 1.4 Overall structure of the study | 第17-19页 |
| CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE REVIEW | 第19-36页 |
| 2.1 Farewells: an expressive speech act | 第19-21页 |
| 2.1.1 Searle’s typology of speech acts | 第19-20页 |
| 2.1.2 Concept of farewells | 第20-21页 |
| 2.2 Previous studies of farewells | 第21-27页 |
| 2.2.1 General pragmatic analysis of the manifestations of farewells | 第21-23页 |
| 2.2.2 Historical pragmatic analysis of the manifestations of farewells | 第23-25页 |
| 2.2.3 General pragmatic analysis of the functions of farewells | 第25-26页 |
| 2.2.4 Historical pragmatic analysis of the functions of farewells | 第26-27页 |
| 2.3 Theoretical foundations | 第27-36页 |
| 2.3.1 Lima’s model for language changes | 第27-29页 |
| 2.3.2 Brown and Levinson’s Politeness Theory | 第29-32页 |
| 2.3.3 Historical pragmatic analytic model of farewells: influencing factorsand politeness interpretations | 第32-36页 |
| CHAPTER THREE RESEARCH METHODOLOGY | 第36-42页 |
| 3.1 Research questions | 第36页 |
| 3.2 Corpora applied in this thesis | 第36-38页 |
| 3.3 Research procedures in data collection and analysis | 第38-42页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR RESULTS AND DISCUSSION | 第42-72页 |
| 4.1 Manifestations of farewell speech act in Renaissance and Realism | 第42-51页 |
| 4.1.1 Parting-closing as illocutionary force | 第42-47页 |
| 4.1.2 Blessing-closing as illocutionary force | 第47-49页 |
| 4.1.3 Thanking-closing as illocutionary force | 第49-50页 |
| 4.1.4 Promising-closing as illocutionary force | 第50-51页 |
| 4.2 Distinctions of the manifestations of farewells in Renaissance and Realism. | 第51-58页 |
| 4.2.1 Distinctions in frequency | 第52-56页 |
| 4.2.2 Distinctions in forms | 第56-58页 |
| 4.3 Factors influencing the distinctions of farewells in Renaissance and Realism | 第58-63页 |
| 4.3.1 Social positions and economic settings | 第58-61页 |
| 4.3.2 Religious faiths and secularization | 第61-63页 |
| 4.4 Politeness interpretations of farewells in Renaissance and Realism | 第63-72页 |
| 4.4.1 Politeness in Renaissance | 第63-67页 |
| 4.4.2 Politeness in Realism | 第67-72页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE CONCLUSION | 第72-77页 |
| 5.1 Major findings | 第72-74页 |
| 5.2 Theoretical and practical implications | 第74-75页 |
| 5.3 Limitations and suggestions for further studies | 第75-77页 |
| REFERENCES | 第77-82页 |
