| Chapter One Introduction | 第1-28页 |
| ·Introduction to Chinese Prefaces | 第14-17页 |
| ·Definition | 第14-15页 |
| ·Classification | 第15-16页 |
| ·Translation of "Xu" in English | 第16页 |
| ·Research Perspectives | 第16-17页 |
| ·Context of Chinese Preface-making | 第17-21页 |
| ·General Remark of Context | 第18-19页 |
| ·Field of Chinese Prefaces | 第19页 |
| ·Tenor of Chinese Prefaces | 第19-20页 |
| ·Mode of Chinese Prefaces | 第20-21页 |
| ·Context of Culture | 第21页 |
| ·Spoken and Written Discourse | 第21-26页 |
| ·Discourse and Text | 第22-23页 |
| ·Spoken and Written Discourse | 第23-26页 |
| ·Why Academic Works in Social Science | 第26-28页 |
| ·Why Academic Works | 第26-27页 |
| ·Why Social Science | 第27-28页 |
| Chapter Two Discoursal Study | 第28-47页 |
| ·Literature Review of Discourse Analysis | 第28-31页 |
| ·Discourse Analysis Abroad | 第28-30页 |
| ·Discourse Analysis at Home | 第30-31页 |
| ·Preface Study | 第31页 |
| ·Other-made Prefaces | 第31-41页 |
| ·Specific Context of Other-made Prefaces | 第31-34页 |
| ·The Concept of Superstructure | 第34-36页 |
| ·The Framework (Superstructure) of Other-made Prefaces | 第36-40页 |
| ·Hypothesis Testing | 第40-41页 |
| ·Self-made prefaces | 第41-47页 |
| ·Specific Context of Self-made Prefaces | 第41-42页 |
| ·The Framework of Self-made Prefaces | 第42-45页 |
| ·Hypothesis Testing | 第45-47页 |
| Chapter Three Pragmatic Study | 第47-82页 |
| ·The Definition of Politeness | 第47-49页 |
| ·Affecting Factors of Politeness | 第49-50页 |
| ·Four Viewpoints of Politeness | 第50-58页 |
| ·Pragmatic Scale View | 第51页 |
| ·Conversational-contract View | 第51-52页 |
| ·Conversational-maxim View | 第52-53页 |
| ·Face-management View | 第53-56页 |
| ·Adaptability of Previous Theories to the Present Study | 第56-57页 |
| ·A Critical Review of Two Previous Relevant Studies | 第57-58页 |
| ·Overstatement | 第58-62页 |
| ·Understatement | 第62-66页 |
| ·Address terms | 第66-77页 |
| ·Communicative Terms | 第70-72页 |
| ·Relational Terms | 第72页 |
| ·Occupational Terms | 第72-73页 |
| ·Deferential Terms | 第73-74页 |
| ·Intimacy Terms | 第74-75页 |
| ·Pseudo-kinship Terms | 第75-76页 |
| ·Self-addressing Terms | 第76-77页 |
| ·Conclusion | 第77-82页 |
| ·Be Modest | 第77-78页 |
| ·Be Deferential | 第78-80页 |
| ·Seek Agreement | 第80-82页 |
| Chapter Four Conclusion | 第82-85页 |
| Appendix one: List of Chinese Other-made Prefaces | 第85-87页 |
| Appendix two: List of Chinese Self-made Prefaces | 第87-89页 |
| Bibliography | 第89-93页 |
