| Abstract | 第1-3页 |
| 摘要 | 第3-4页 |
| 中文文摘 | 第4-7页 |
| CONTENTS | 第7-9页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第9-13页 |
| Chapter Two A Brief Review of Previous Studies on Complimenting Acts | 第13-21页 |
| ·The Study of Compliment and Compliment Responses at Home and Abroad | 第13-15页 |
| ·A Popular Paradigm of the Study | 第15-18页 |
| ·A Criticism on the Paradigm | 第18-19页 |
| ·Conclusion of This Chapter | 第19-21页 |
| Chapter Three A Criticism of the Pragmatic Approach to Compliment Studies | 第21-29页 |
| ·Compliment and Classic Politeness Theory | 第21-23页 |
| ·The Puzzle that is Politeness | 第23-26页 |
| ·Does a Complimenting Discourse Have to Be "Polite"? | 第26-27页 |
| ·Conclusion of This Chapter | 第27-29页 |
| Chapter Four A Rhetorical Analysis of Complimenting Acts | 第29-41页 |
| ·A Brief Introduction to Rhetoric | 第29-34页 |
| ·Rhetoric's Scope of Operation | 第34-35页 |
| ·Rhetoric's Role in Compliment | 第35-38页 |
| ·Paradox in the Functioning of Rhetoric | 第38-39页 |
| ·Conclusion of This Chapter | 第39-41页 |
| Chapter Five Politeness or Effectiveness?--A Contrastive Study of Rhetorical andPragmatic Approach to Compliment | 第41-49页 |
| ·The Ambiguity between Rhetoric and Pragmatics | 第41-46页 |
| ·Rhetoric as the Antistrophos of Pragmatics | 第46-47页 |
| ·Politeness: Form-based or Effect-oriented? | 第47-48页 |
| ·Conclusion of This Chapter | 第48-49页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第49-51页 |
| References | 第51-57页 |
| 攻读学位期间承担的科研任务与主要成果 | 第57-59页 |
| Acknowledgement | 第59-61页 |
| 个人简历 | 第61-63页 |
