| 摘要 | 第1-5页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第5-9页 |
| CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION | 第9-13页 |
| ·STUDY BACKGROUND | 第9-11页 |
| ·SIGNIFICANCE AND PURPOSE OF THE STUDY | 第11-12页 |
| ·ORGANIZATION OF THE THESIS | 第12-13页 |
| CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE REVIEW | 第13-29页 |
| ·LANGUAGE AND CULTURE | 第13-14页 |
| ·CULTURAL PATTERNS | 第14-18页 |
| ·Large and small power distance | 第15页 |
| ·Individualism-Collectivism dimension | 第15-16页 |
| ·High-context and low-context communication | 第16-18页 |
| ·THE SPEECH ACT THEORY | 第18-20页 |
| ·POLITENESS IN SPEECH ACTS | 第20-23页 |
| ·Brown and Levinson’s concept of face and politeness | 第20-22页 |
| ·Chinese concept of face and politeness | 第22-23页 |
| ·SPEECH ACT OF REFUSAL | 第23-27页 |
| ·Refusal strategies | 第23-27页 |
| ·PREVIOUS STUDY ON REFUSAL SPEECH ACTS | 第27-29页 |
| CHAPTER THREE METHODOLOGY | 第29-33页 |
| ·OBJECTIVES AND RESEARCH QUESTIONS | 第29页 |
| ·MATERIALS AND DATA TYPES | 第29-30页 |
| ·DATA ANALYSIS | 第30-33页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS | 第33-51页 |
| ·FREQUENCIES OF STRATEGIES USED | 第33-38页 |
| ·Research results | 第33-37页 |
| ·Discussion in a cultural perspective | 第37-38页 |
| ·DIRECTNESS OF REFUSALS WITH SOCIAL STATUS AND SOCIAL DISTANCE | 第38-45页 |
| ·Preference for and frequency of refusal strategies according to social status: research results | 第39-42页 |
| ·Preference for and frequency of indirect refusal strategies according to social distance: research results | 第42-43页 |
| ·Discussion in a cultural perspective | 第43-45页 |
| ·DISTRIBUTION OF REFUSAL STRATEGIES IN RESPONSE TO TYPE OF INITIATING ACT | 第45-51页 |
| ·Research results | 第46-49页 |
| ·Discussion in a cultural perspective | 第49-51页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS | 第51-56页 |
| ·CONCLUSIONS | 第51-52页 |
| ·PEDAGOGICAL IMPLICATIONS | 第52-53页 |
| ·LIMITATIONS AND SPECULATIONS OF FURTHER STUDY | 第53-56页 |
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第56-57页 |
| REFERENCES | 第57-59页 |
| APPENDIX | 第59-63页 |
| APPENDIX Ⅰ: THE CHOSEN CHINESE MOVIES | 第59-60页 |
| APPENDIX Ⅱ THE CHOSEN AMERICAN MOVIES | 第60-61页 |
| APPENDIX Ⅲ: 作者在攻读硕士学位期间发表的目录 | 第61-63页 |
