| 摘要 | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-10页 |
| Introduction | 第10-16页 |
| ·Research Objectives | 第11-12页 |
| ·The Significance of the Research | 第12-13页 |
| ·The Thesis Structure | 第13-16页 |
| Chapter I Literature Review | 第16-36页 |
| ·Grice's Co-operative Principle | 第16-17页 |
| ·Contemporary Research on Politeness | 第17-36页 |
| ·Universal Theories of Politeness | 第19-27页 |
| ·Brown & Levinson's Face Theory | 第20-24页 |
| ·Leech's Politeness Principle | 第24-26页 |
| ·Concluding Remarks | 第26-27页 |
| ·Culture-specific View on Politeness: The Modern Proposal of Politeness by Gu Yueguo | 第27-32页 |
| ·Summary | 第32-36页 |
| Chapter II Theoretical Basis | 第36-46页 |
| ·Making Linguistic Choices | 第36-39页 |
| ·Adaptability | 第39-42页 |
| ·Four Angles of Theory of Adaptation | 第42-44页 |
| ·Summary | 第44-46页 |
| Chapter III Factors Governing Degrees of Linguistic Politeness | 第46-60页 |
| ·Power(P) | 第49-51页 |
| ·Social Distance(D) | 第51-53页 |
| ·Rank of Imposition(R) | 第53-54页 |
| ·Other Factors | 第54-55页 |
| ·Summary | 第55-60页 |
| Chapter IV Application of Theory of Contextual Dynamic Adaptability in Linguistic Politeness | 第60-88页 |
| ·Relationship Between Linguistic Politeness and Pragmatics | 第60-67页 |
| ·Adaptability and Linguistic Politeness | 第67-71页 |
| ·Contextual Dynamic Adaptability and Linguistic Politeness | 第71-86页 |
| ·The Concept of Context | 第72-78页 |
| ·The Dynamic Properties of Context | 第78-83页 |
| ·Contextual Factors and Linguistic Politeness | 第83-86页 |
| ·Summary | 第86-88页 |
| Conclusion | 第88-92页 |
| Bibliography | 第92-96页 |
| Appendix | 第96-98页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第98-100页 |
