| Chapter One Introduction | 第1-12页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第12-29页 |
| ·Development of the study | 第12-20页 |
| ·Speech Act Theory | 第12-17页 |
| ·Cross-cultural Speech Act Research Project | 第17-20页 |
| ·Theory about Request | 第20-29页 |
| ·Request Segments | 第21-24页 |
| ·Request Perspectives | 第24-25页 |
| ·Three Levels of Request Strategies | 第25-29页 |
| Chapter Three Features of Request Strategies in Chinese and English | 第29-54页 |
| ·Hypotheses | 第29-30页 |
| ·Methodology and Data Coding Result | 第30-34页 |
| ·Subjects | 第30-31页 |
| ·Instruments | 第31-32页 |
| ·Data Coding Result | 第32-34页 |
| ·Differences among the Request Head Acts in Chinese and English | 第34-49页 |
| ·Mood Derivable | 第34-37页 |
| ·Explicit Performatives | 第37-39页 |
| ·Hedged Performatives | 第39-40页 |
| ·Obligation Statements | 第40-41页 |
| ·Want Statements | 第41-42页 |
| ·Suggestory Formulae | 第42-43页 |
| ·Query Preparatory | 第43-47页 |
| ·Strong Hints | 第47-48页 |
| ·Mild Hints | 第48-49页 |
| ·Differences among the Request Modifiers between Chinese and English | 第49-52页 |
| ·Alerter | 第49-50页 |
| ·Upgrader | 第50-51页 |
| ·“请”and “Please” | 第51-52页 |
| ·Summary | 第52-54页 |
| Chapter Four The Reasons For the Defferent Request Request Strategies in Chinese and English | 第54-73页 |
| ·Different Politeness Systems | 第54-62页 |
| ·Politeness in Making Requests | 第54-55页 |
| ·The Face-saving View of Politeness | 第55-59页 |
| ·The Implications of Different Politeness Systems in Chinese and English | 第59-62页 |
| ·Different Considerations for Cultural Values between Interlocutors | 第62-73页 |
| ·Collectivism versus Individualism | 第64-67页 |
| ·High Power Distance versus Low Power Distance | 第67-69页 |
| ·Reasons for Different Alerters | 第69-70页 |
| ·Reasons for Different Upgraders | 第70-71页 |
| ·Reasons for the Different Connotations of “请”and ‘Please | 第71-73页 |
| Chapter Five Pedagogical Suggestions | 第73-81页 |
| ·Necessity for Request Strategies Study | 第73-75页 |
| ·A Teaching Plan for Increasing Awareness of Factors in Making Requests | 第75-81页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第81-84页 |
| References | 第84-89页 |
| Appendix I | 第89-90页 |
| Appendix II | 第90-103页 |
| Acknowledgement | 第103-104页 |
| 导师及作者简介 | 第104页 |
