| Acknowledgements | 第1-9页 |
| Abstract | 第9-11页 |
| 摘要 | 第11-13页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第13-19页 |
| ·Research Orientation | 第13-14页 |
| ·The Object of Research | 第14-15页 |
| ·Rationale for the study | 第15-17页 |
| ·Objectives of the Research | 第17页 |
| ·Outline of the Thesis | 第17-19页 |
| Chapter Two Studies of Mitigation and Addressing in A Dream of RedMansions:Literature Review | 第19-27页 |
| ·Introduction | 第19页 |
| ·A Brief Introduction to A Dream of Red Mansions | 第19-21页 |
| ·The Definition of Addressing | 第21-22页 |
| ·Studies of Addressing in A Dream of Red Mansions | 第22-26页 |
| ·Summary | 第26-27页 |
| Chapter Three Research Methodology and Data Collection | 第27-33页 |
| ·Introduction | 第27页 |
| ·Methods and procedures for the Study of Addressing Terms | 第27-29页 |
| ·Previous Methods and Procedures for the Study of Addressing Terms | 第27-29页 |
| ·Method for the Present Research | 第29页 |
| ·Classification of Addressing Terms in A Dream of Red Mansions | 第29-31页 |
| ·Previous Methods for the Classification of Addressing Terms in A Dream of Red Mansions | 第29-31页 |
| ·Method for the Classification of Addressing Terms for the Present Study | 第31页 |
| ·Description of the Novel and the Data | 第31-32页 |
| ·Summary | 第32-33页 |
| Chapter Four LRT and Face-saving Theory:A Conceptual Framework | 第33-55页 |
| ·Introduction | 第33页 |
| ·Brown and Levinson's Face-saving Theory of Politeness | 第33-39页 |
| ·Mitigation and Pragmatics as a Linguistic Regulation Theory(LRT) | 第39-54页 |
| ·Basic Assumptions about LRT | 第39-47页 |
| ·Motivation for Linguistic Regulation:A Scale of Harmony | 第39-41页 |
| ·Units of Regulation:Activity Type and Speech Act | 第41-44页 |
| ·Possibilities for Linguistic Regulation:Variability, Negotiability and Adaptability | 第44-46页 |
| ·Cognitive Prerequisite for Regulation:Metapragmatic Awareness | 第46-47页 |
| ·Mitigation as a Means of Linguistic Regulation | 第47-50页 |
| ·Mitigation | 第47-49页 |
| ·Regulation and Mitigation:A Diagram and a Conceptual Framework | 第49-50页 |
| ·Mitigation and Addressing in A Dream of Red Mansions | 第50-54页 |
| ·Conversations in A Dream of Red Mansions as Typical Chinese Activity Types | 第50-53页 |
| ·Addressing(One Means of Mitigation)as a Means of Linguistic Regulation in A Dream of Red Mansions | 第53-54页 |
| ·Summary | 第54-55页 |
| Chapter Five The Analysis of the Data | 第55-70页 |
| ·Introduction | 第55页 |
| ·The Social Dimension of Interactions in the novel and its Constraints andConflicts | 第55-56页 |
| ·Addressing as a Means of Mitigation along the Social Dimension of Interactions in the novel:The Analysis | 第56-69页 |
| ·Classification of Addressing in A Dream of Red Mansions | 第56-60页 |
| ·The First Classification of Addressing in A Dream of Red Mansions | 第56-59页 |
| ·The Second Classification of Addressing Terms in A Dream of Red Mansions | 第59-60页 |
| ·The Characteristics of the Data | 第60-64页 |
| ·The Pragmatic Functions of the Addressing Terms in this Novel | 第64-69页 |
| ·Conclusion | 第69-70页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第70-73页 |
| ·Major Findings from the Research | 第70页 |
| ·Implications of the Study | 第70-71页 |
| ·Limitations of the Study and Suggestions for Further Research | 第71-73页 |
| References | 第73-77页 |
| Appendix | 第77-86页 |
| Publications | 第86页 |
