| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-9页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第9-11页 |
| ·The Significance of the Study | 第9页 |
| ·Methodology | 第9页 |
| ·The Format of This Thesis | 第9-11页 |
| Chapter 2 Politeness and Intercultural Communication | 第11-24页 |
| ·The Concept of Politeness | 第11-12页 |
| ·Language, Communication, Culture and Politeness | 第12-16页 |
| ·Language and Culture | 第12-14页 |
| ·Communication and Culture | 第14-15页 |
| ·Politeness in Intercultural Communication | 第15-16页 |
| ·Cultural Patterns: English culture vs Chinese culture | 第16-24页 |
| ·Individualism vs Collectivism | 第17-19页 |
| ·Individualism | 第17-18页 |
| ·Collectivism | 第18-19页 |
| ·The Consequences of the Difference in Individualism and Collectivism | 第19页 |
| ·Low Power Distance vs High Power Distance | 第19-21页 |
| ·Cultural Differences of Power Distance | 第19-20页 |
| ·The Consequences of the Difference in Low Power Distance and High Power Distance | 第20-21页 |
| ·Assertiveness vs Non-assertiveness | 第21-23页 |
| ·Privacy vs Mutual Care | 第23-24页 |
| Chapter 3 Western Politeness Theories | 第24-51页 |
| ·Grice's Cooperative Principle | 第24-27页 |
| ·Politeness and the Violation of Grice's CP | 第25-26页 |
| ·Comments on Grice's CP | 第26-27页 |
| ·Lakoff's Politeness Principles | 第27-28页 |
| ·Illustrations of Lakoff's PP | 第27-28页 |
| ·Leech's Politeness Principle | 第28-35页 |
| ·Illustrations of leech's PP | 第30-34页 |
| ·Politeness scales | 第34-35页 |
| ·Brown and Levinson's Politeness Theory | 第35-49页 |
| ·The concept of face | 第35-36页 |
| ·Types of Face | 第36-37页 |
| ·Types of politeness | 第37-38页 |
| ·Kinds of FTAs | 第38-40页 |
| ·Politeness Strategies | 第40-45页 |
| ·Sociological factors affecting the choice of politeness strategies | 第45页 |
| ·Three Politeness Systems: Deference, Solidarity and Hierarchy | 第45-49页 |
| ·Three Important Elements | 第45-47页 |
| ·Three Main Types of Politeness Systems | 第47-49页 |
| ·Relationships of These Politeness Theories | 第49-51页 |
| Chapter 4 Politeness Studies in China | 第51-54页 |
| ·General Views | 第51-52页 |
| ·Gu's Politeness Maxims | 第52-54页 |
| Chapter 5 Politeness in Non-verbal intercultural communication | 第54-59页 |
| ·The Movement of the body | 第54-55页 |
| ·The use of space | 第55-56页 |
| ·Touch | 第56-57页 |
| ·The Concept of time | 第57-58页 |
| ·Intercultural skills for nonverbal communication | 第58-59页 |
| Chapter 6 Conclusions | 第59-62页 |
| ·Avoidance of Pragmatic Failure and Miscommunication | 第59-60页 |
| ·Advice on Intercultural Communication | 第60页 |
| ·Conclusion | 第60-62页 |
| Bibliography | 第62-69页 |
| Papers published during 2006-2009 | 第69页 |
