| Abstract in English | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract in Chinese | 第7-12页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第12-15页 |
| ·The General Purpose and Significance of the Present Study | 第12-13页 |
| ·The Main Contents of the Study | 第13页 |
| ·Methodology of the Thesis | 第13-14页 |
| ·Organization of the Thesis | 第14-15页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第15-23页 |
| ·Definitions of Politeness and the Politeness Principle | 第15-18页 |
| ·A Brief Survey on the Politeness Principle Abroad | 第18-20页 |
| ·A Brief Survey on the Politeness Principle at Home | 第20-22页 |
| ·Summary | 第22-23页 |
| Chapter 3 The English Politeness Principle Proposed by Geoffrey Leech and the Chinese One Proposed by Gu Yueguo | 第23-35页 |
| ·The English Politeness Principle Proposed by Geoffrey Leech | 第23-28页 |
| ·Tact Maxim | 第23-24页 |
| ·Generosity Maxim | 第24页 |
| ·Approbation Maxim | 第24-25页 |
| ·Modesty Maxim | 第25-26页 |
| ·Agreement Maxim | 第26-27页 |
| ·Sympathy Maxim | 第27-28页 |
| ·The Chinese Politeness Principle Proposed by Gu Yueguo | 第28-34页 |
| ·Self-denigration and Other-elevation Maxim | 第28-29页 |
| ·Address Maxim | 第29-30页 |
| ·Refinement Maxim | 第30-31页 |
| ·Agreement Maxim | 第31-32页 |
| ·Virtue-word-behavior Maxim | 第32-34页 |
| ·Summary | 第34-35页 |
| Chapter 4 Differences between the English Politeness Principle and the Chinese One | 第35-46页 |
| ·Different Emphases of Self-denigration and Other-elevation Maxim | 第35-37页 |
| ·Different Relationships to Moral | 第37-39页 |
| ·Differences in Address Maxim | 第39-44页 |
| ·Summary | 第44-46页 |
| Chapter 5 Similarities between the English Politeness Principle and the Chinese One | 第46-58页 |
| ·Common Grounds at the Pragmatic Level | 第46-52页 |
| ·Scales | 第46-47页 |
| ·Conflicts between Different Principles | 第47-49页 |
| ·The Appropriateness | 第49-51页 |
| ·The Goal-orientation | 第51页 |
| ·The Agreement about Relationship | 第51-52页 |
| ·Common Grounds at the Level of the Specific Maxims | 第52-57页 |
| ·Summary | 第57-58页 |
| Chapter 6 Reasons for Differences and Similarities between the English Politeness Principle and the Chinese One | 第58-70页 |
| ·Reasons for Differences between the English Politeness Principle and the Chinese One | 第58-66页 |
| ·The Individualism versus Collectivism | 第58-60页 |
| ·The Family Structure: Simple versus Complicated | 第60-62页 |
| ·The Privacy versus Attitudinal Warmth | 第62-64页 |
| ·The Sense of Hierarchy versus Equality | 第64-66页 |
| ·Reasons for Similarities between the English Politeness Principle and the Chinese One | 第66-69页 |
| ·The Universal Nature of Politeness | 第67-68页 |
| ·The Common Emotional Need | 第68页 |
| ·The Common Social Communication Need | 第68-69页 |
| ·Summary | 第69-70页 |
| Chapter 7 Changes of the Chinese Politeness Principle | 第70-80页 |
| ·The Change in the Self -awareness (in Compliment) | 第70-73页 |
| ·The Change in the Sense of Freedom and Equality (in Request) | 第73-75页 |
| ·The Change in the Awareness of Privacy (in Greeting) | 第75-77页 |
| ·The Change in Politeness Forms: Simplifying and Even Missing | 第77-79页 |
| ·Summary | 第79-80页 |
| Chapter 8 Implications for Cross-cultural Communication | 第80-84页 |
| ·Implications for Cross-cultural Communication | 第80-83页 |
| ·Summary | 第83-84页 |
| Chapter 9 Conclusion | 第84-88页 |
| ·Summary of the Whole Study | 第84-86页 |
| ·Limitations of the Present Study | 第86页 |
| ·Suggestions for Future Study | 第86-88页 |
| Bibliography | 第88-93页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第93-94页 |
| 攻读硕士学位期间发表论文目录 | 第94页 |
