| Abstract | 第1-11页 |
| 摘要 | 第11-15页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第15-19页 |
| ·Background | 第15-16页 |
| ·Significance of the Study | 第16-17页 |
| ·Organization of the Study | 第17-19页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第19-41页 |
| ·Brief Introduction on Speech Act Theory | 第19-21页 |
| ·The contribution of speech act theory made by Austin | 第19-20页 |
| ·The definition and classification of speech acts made by Searle (1969) | 第20-21页 |
| ·The Definition of Refusal Speech Acts | 第21-22页 |
| ·A Review of Previous Study on Refusal Speech Acts | 第22-29页 |
| ·Previous study abroad | 第22-27页 |
| ·Second language acquisition approach of Rubin (1983) | 第22-24页 |
| ·Contrastive studies of English-Japanese refusal strategies by Beebe, Takahashi and Kumagai | 第24-25页 |
| ·Other studies abroad | 第25-27页 |
| ·Previous studies at home | 第27-29页 |
| ·Theoretical Frameworks | 第29-40页 |
| ·The conversational-maxim view | 第29-30页 |
| ·Grice’s cooperative principle (CP) | 第29-30页 |
| ·Lakoff’s maxims of politeness | 第30页 |
| ·Politeness theories | 第30-33页 |
| ·Leech’s politeness principle | 第31-32页 |
| ·Gu Yueguo’s model of politeness | 第32-33页 |
| ·Brown and Levinson’s politeness theory | 第33-39页 |
| ·Constraints on politeness | 第33-36页 |
| ·Negative face and positive face | 第36页 |
| ·Face- threatening acts | 第36-38页 |
| ·Refusal and face-threatening acts | 第38-39页 |
| ·Strategies for dealing with FTAs | 第39-40页 |
| ·Summary | 第40-41页 |
| Chapter Three Methodology | 第41-51页 |
| ·Hypothesis and Research Questions | 第41-42页 |
| ·Subjects | 第42-43页 |
| ·Instruments | 第43-48页 |
| ·The introduction of DCT | 第43-44页 |
| ·Questionnaire design | 第44-48页 |
| ·Procedures | 第48-51页 |
| ·Pretest | 第48-49页 |
| ·Standard procedure | 第49-50页 |
| ·Research procedure | 第50-51页 |
| Chapter Four Results and Discussion | 第51-76页 |
| ·Results of Data Collection | 第51页 |
| ·Data Analysis | 第51-58页 |
| ·Results of Questionnaire Research | 第58-76页 |
| ·Frequency of strategies used by three groups----a overall review | 第58-62页 |
| ·Preference in using direct refusal strategies among four groups | 第62-64页 |
| ·Preference of indirect refusal strategy use among the four groups: Overall results | 第64-66页 |
| ·Reason excuse and explanation | 第66-69页 |
| ·Expressing regret | 第69-70页 |
| ·Statement of alternative | 第70-72页 |
| ·Adjuncts | 第72-74页 |
| ·Differences in refusal speech acts according to social status | 第74-76页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第76-82页 |
| ·Major Findings | 第76-77页 |
| ·The Implications of This Study to EFL Teaching and Learning | 第77-80页 |
| ·Suggestions on EFL teaching | 第78-79页 |
| ·Suggestions for English learning | 第79-80页 |
| ·Limitations and Prospect | 第80-82页 |
| Bibliography | 第82-86页 |
| Appendix | 第86-93页 |
| Published Papers | 第93-94页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第94页 |
