| Chinese Abstract | 第1-5页 |
| English Abstract | 第5-6页 |
| Acknowledgments | 第6-9页 |
| 1.Introduction | 第9-10页 |
| 2.Study resource and theoretical basis | 第10-18页 |
| ·Significance of Friendship | 第10-11页 |
| ·definition of friendship | 第11-13页 |
| ·Introduction of the TV sitcom Friends | 第13-14页 |
| ·theoretical basis: face and politeness theory | 第14-18页 |
| 3.A Social Phenomenon in Friendship Relations: Alignment Patterns | 第18-28页 |
| ·Definition of Alignment Patterns | 第18页 |
| ·One Particular way to achieve alignment: Familiar terms of address | 第18-28页 |
| ·Semantic Categorization and Rules of Address | 第19-20页 |
| ·Functions of Nominal direct address | 第20-28页 |
| ·functions of initial-positioned and medial-positioned nominal direct address | 第21-23页 |
| ·Functions of final-positioned nominal direct address | 第23-25页 |
| ·Exceptions of functions of nominal direct address | 第25-28页 |
| 4.Contexts of direct address in various contexts | 第28-46页 |
| ·Greeting and Parting rituals | 第28-30页 |
| ·direct address in the context of Greeting sequences | 第28-29页 |
| ·direct address in the context of Parting sequences | 第29-30页 |
| ·direct address in the context of Apologies | 第30-35页 |
| ·direct address in the context of Requests | 第35-37页 |
| ·direct address in the context of comfort | 第37-40页 |
| ·direct address in the context of Knowledge Displays | 第40-43页 |
| ·Direct address in Dual Alignment | 第43-46页 |
| 5.Conclusion | 第46-48页 |
| Works Cited | 第48-52页 |
| Appendix 1 | 第52-53页 |
