| ABSTRACT | 第1-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-9页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第9-12页 |
| ·Objective of the Thesis | 第9-10页 |
| ·Significance of the Thesis | 第10页 |
| ·Organization of the Thesis | 第10-12页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第12-21页 |
| ·Notions of Politeness | 第12-14页 |
| ·Defining Politeness in the Framework of Social Interaction | 第13页 |
| ·Defining Politeness in the Framework of Adaptation | 第13-14页 |
| ·Theories of Politeness | 第14-19页 |
| ·The Social-Norm View | 第14-15页 |
| ·The Conversational-Contract View | 第15页 |
| ·The Conversational-Maxim View | 第15-17页 |
| ·The Face-Saving View | 第17-19页 |
| ·The Cognitive View | 第19页 |
| ·Summary | 第19-21页 |
| Chapter Three Preliminaries: Contextual Correlates ofAdaptability | 第21-35页 |
| ·Verschueren‘s Pragmatic Perspective | 第21页 |
| ·Philosophical Basis of Adaptation | 第21-23页 |
| ·Darwin‘s Evolutionary Epistemmology | 第21-22页 |
| ·Piaget‘s Cognitive Development Theory | 第22页 |
| ·Communication Accomodation Theory | 第22-23页 |
| ·Linguistic Adaptation Theory | 第23-28页 |
| ·Choice-Making | 第24-25页 |
| ·Three Basic Notions of Language | 第25-27页 |
| ·Four Research Angles | 第27-28页 |
| ·Contextual Correlates of Adaptability | 第28-35页 |
| ·The Development of Context | 第28-32页 |
| ·Verschueren‘s Contextual Adaptability to Politeness | 第32-34页 |
| ·Summary | 第34-35页 |
| Chapter Four Contextual Adaptation Perspective and Politeness | 第35-52页 |
| ·Contextual Adaptation Approach to Politeness Production | 第35-46页 |
| ·Politeness Produced by Adaptation to Linguistic Context | 第35-38页 |
| ·Politeness Produced by Adaptation to Physical World | 第38-39页 |
| ·Politeness Produced by Adaptation to Social World | 第39-43页 |
| ·Politeness Produced by Adaptation to Mental World | 第43-46页 |
| ·Contextual Adaptation Approach to Politeness Interpretation | 第46-50页 |
| ·Perfunctory Politeness and Sincere Politeness | 第46-49页 |
| ·Individual Variation of Politeness Interpretation | 第49页 |
| ·Politeness Conduct with Impolite Utterances | 第49-50页 |
| ·Summary | 第50-52页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusions | 第52-55页 |
| ·Major Findings | 第52-53页 |
| ·Implications | 第53页 |
| ·Limitations and Suggestions for Future Research | 第53-55页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第55-56页 |
| Works Sited | 第56-64页 |
| The Author’s Recent Publications and Research Involved | 第64页 |
