| 内容提要 | 第1-5页 |
| Synopsis | 第5-8页 |
| Introduction | 第8-10页 |
| Chapter One Conceptualization and Literature Review | 第10-20页 |
| ·Definition of Face | 第10-13页 |
| ·Functions of the Face-saving Devices in Communication | 第13-15页 |
| ·Relevant Studies of Face-saving and the Face-saving Devices in China and in English-speaking Countries | 第15-18页 |
| ·Limitation of Previous Studies | 第18-20页 |
| Chapter Two Theoretical Foundation and Methodology | 第20-27页 |
| ·Brown and Levinson’s Politeness Framework | 第20-23页 |
| ·Ron Scollon and Susanne Wong Scollon’s Face Theory | 第23-24页 |
| ·Methodology | 第24-27页 |
| ·The Approach of Contrastive Analysis (CA) | 第25页 |
| ·The Sources of Data | 第25-27页 |
| Chapter Three Data Analysis and Discussion | 第27-73页 |
| ·A Contrastive Analysis of the Face-Saving Devices in English and Chinese Verbal Communication | 第27-61页 |
| ·Lexical Devices | 第27-38页 |
| ·Syntactic Devices | 第38-46页 |
| ·Grammatical Devices | 第46-51页 |
| ·Other Devices | 第51-61页 |
| ·Cultural Factors as Causes of the Differences in the Realization of Face in English and Chinese Communication | 第61-73页 |
| ·English Mono-religion Christianity and Chinese Multi-religion Confucianism and Other Religions | 第62-65页 |
| ·English Individualism Orientation and Chinese Collectivism Orientation | 第65-67页 |
| ·English Equal Orientation and Chinese Hierarchical Orientation | 第67-70页 |
| ·English Future Orientation and Chinese Past Orientation | 第70-73页 |
| Conclusion | 第73-75页 |
| References | 第75-81页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第81-82页 |
| Abstract(Chinese) | 第82-85页 |
| Abstract(English) | 第85-89页 |
| 导师及作者简介 | 第89-90页 |
