| Abstract | 第1-9页 |
| 摘要 | 第9-10页 |
| List of Tables | 第10-11页 |
| Chapter Ⅰ Introduction | 第11-13页 |
| ·Research Background | 第11页 |
| ·General Description and Purpose of Present Study | 第11-12页 |
| ·Significance of Present Study | 第12页 |
| ·Layout of Present Study | 第12-13页 |
| Chapter Ⅱ Literature Review | 第13-20页 |
| ·Definition of Key Terms | 第13-15页 |
| ·Previous Studies on Speech Act Theory and Cross-cultural Communication | 第15-17页 |
| ·Present Research at Home and Abroad | 第17-18页 |
| ·Summary | 第18-20页 |
| Chapter Ⅲ Theoretical Framework | 第20-31页 |
| ·Speech Act Theory | 第20-23页 |
| ·John.L.Austin’s Speech Act Theory | 第20-22页 |
| ·Searle’s Development of Speech Act Theory | 第22-23页 |
| ·Direct and Indirect Speech Acts | 第23页 |
| ·Politeness Principle | 第23-28页 |
| ·Robin Lakoff’s Two Pragmatic Principles and Leech’s Politeness Principle | 第24-25页 |
| ·Brown and Levinson’s Politeness Principle | 第25-27页 |
| ·Face Threatening Act and Criticism Strategies | 第27-28页 |
| ·Hofstede’s Five Dimensions | 第28-29页 |
| ·Network Analysis Framework | 第29-31页 |
| Chapter Ⅳ Design of Present Study | 第31-56页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第31页 |
| ·Instrument | 第31-32页 |
| ·Corpus Building | 第32-36页 |
| ·Designing Phase | 第32页 |
| ·Data Collection | 第32-33页 |
| ·Reliability and Validity of Data | 第33页 |
| ·Data Processing | 第33-36页 |
| ·Research Findings | 第36-56页 |
| ·Findings on the Configuration of Gathered Materials | 第36-37页 |
| ·Findings on the Attitudes of Netizens in Both Group1 and Group 2 | 第37-38页 |
| ·Findings on the Strategies Adopted by Both Group 1 and Group 2 | 第38-56页 |
| ·On-Record Strategies | 第39-46页 |
| ·Off-Record Strategies | 第46-56页 |
| Chapter Ⅴ Discussion | 第56-62页 |
| ·Discussion on the Findings of Question One | 第56-57页 |
| ·Discussion on the Findings of Question Two | 第57-58页 |
| ·Discussion on the Findings of Question Three | 第58-60页 |
| ·Religious-philosophical Systems and Culture | 第58-59页 |
| ·The Impact of Confucianism on Chinese Culture | 第59-60页 |
| ·The Impact of Christianity on Western Culture | 第60页 |
| ·Summary | 第60-62页 |
| Chapter Ⅵ Conclusion | 第62-65页 |
| ·Conclusion on the Proposed Three Research Questions | 第62-63页 |
| ·Limitations of the Study | 第63-64页 |
| ·Suggestions for Further Research | 第64-65页 |
| References | 第65-71页 |
| Appendix | 第71-73页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第73页 |
