| 摘要 | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-11页 |
| Introduction | 第11-14页 |
| Chapter 1: Interpretation of Indirectness | 第14-20页 |
| ·Definition of Indirectness | 第14-15页 |
| ·Expression of Indirectness | 第15-18页 |
| ·Mitigation | 第16页 |
| ·Circumstantial Voice | 第16-17页 |
| ·Euphemism | 第17-18页 |
| ·Communication and Indirectness | 第18-20页 |
| Chapter 2: Self-construals: A Mediating Variable | 第20-28页 |
| ·Definition of Self-construal | 第20-21页 |
| ·Independent and Interdependent Self-construals | 第21-22页 |
| ·Comparison of the Selves in Chinese and American Cultures | 第22-24页 |
| ·Difference in the Scope of Self | 第22-23页 |
| ·Difference in the Relationship between Self and Others | 第23-24页 |
| ·Culture and Self-construals | 第24-26页 |
| ·Self-construals and Cross-Cultural Communication | 第26-28页 |
| Chapter 3: Four Dimensions of Self-construals and Indirectness | 第28-53页 |
| ·Emotion and Indirectness | 第28-34页 |
| ·Positive/Negative Emotions and Indirectness | 第29-31页 |
| ·Ego- /Other- focused Emotions and Indirectness | 第31-34页 |
| ·Ego-focused Emotion and Indirectness | 第31-33页 |
| ·Other-focused Emotion and Indirectness | 第33-34页 |
| ·Contextual Orientations and Indirectness | 第34-40页 |
| ·Context-independent and Context-dependent Orientations | 第35-36页 |
| ·Consequences of Contextual Orientations on Indirectness | 第36-40页 |
| ·Perception of Power Distance and Indirectness | 第40-46页 |
| ·Power Distance | 第41-42页 |
| ·Consequences of Perception of Power Distance on Indirectne | 第42-46页 |
| ·Face Concern and Indirectness | 第46-53页 |
| ·Face and Facework | 第46-47页 |
| ·Self-construals and Face Concern in Cross-Cultural Communication | 第47-48页 |
| ·Consequences of Face Concern on Indirectness | 第48-53页 |
| Chapter 4: Strategies for Coping with the Influence of Self-construals on Indirectness in Cross-Cultural Communication | 第53-57页 |
| ·Knowing Different Cultural Contexts | 第53-54页 |
| ·Being Tolerant of Cultural Differences | 第54-55页 |
| ·Making Cultural Adaptation | 第55-57页 |
| Conclusion | 第57-60页 |
| Notes | 第60-61页 |
| References | 第61-65页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第65-66页 |
| Appendix A: Publications during the Program | 第66-67页 |
| Appendix B: Informative Chinese Abstract | 第67-69页 |
