| Acknowledgements | 第6-7页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第7-9页 |
| 英文摘要 | 第9-10页 |
| Abbreviations | 第15-16页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第16-22页 |
| 1.1 Need for the Study | 第16-19页 |
| 1.2 Purpose of the Study | 第19-20页 |
| 1.3 Structure of the Thesis | 第20-22页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第22-41页 |
| 2.1 Self-Praise Sequence | 第22-27页 |
| 2.1.1 Self-praise, compliment and bragging | 第22-24页 |
| 2.1.2 Self-praise response and compliment response | 第24-26页 |
| 2.1.3 Defining self-praise sequence | 第26-27页 |
| 2.2 Self-Praise Sequences from a Cross-Cultural Perspective | 第27-32页 |
| 2.2.1 Western and Chinese concepts of politeness | 第27-28页 |
| 2.2.2 Cross-cultural variations with reference to self-praise strategies | 第28-30页 |
| 2.2.3 Cross-cultural variations with reference to compliment responses | 第30-32页 |
| 2.3 Self-Praise Sequences in Social Networking | 第32-38页 |
| 2.3.1 Self-praise in social networking | 第32-35页 |
| 2.3.2 Computer-mediated responses to compliments | 第35-37页 |
| 2.3.3 Self-praise sequences in social networking | 第37-38页 |
| 2.4 Research Gaps | 第38-41页 |
| Chapter Three Methodology | 第41-48页 |
| 3.1 Research Questions | 第41-42页 |
| 3.2 The Corpus: Facebook and WeChat Moments | 第42-43页 |
| 3.3 Data Collection | 第43-45页 |
| 3.4 Data Analysis | 第45-48页 |
| Chapter Four Results and Discussion | 第48-86页 |
| 4.1 Major Types of Self-praise and Self-Praise Responses | 第48-65页 |
| 4.1.1 Major types of self-praise in social networking | 第48-58页 |
| 4.1.2 Major types of self-praise response in social networking | 第58-65页 |
| 4.2 Frequencies of Self-praise and Self-Praise Responses | 第65-75页 |
| 4.2.1 Frequencies of explicit and implicit self-praise | 第65-70页 |
| 4.2.2 Frequencies of self-praise response strategies | 第70-75页 |
| 4.3 Patterns of Self-Praise Sequences in the Two Language Communities | 第75-84页 |
| 4.3.1 Patterns of explicit self-praise sequences | 第80-83页 |
| 4.3.2 Patterns of implicit self-praise sequences | 第83-84页 |
| 4.4 Summary | 第84-86页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第86-91页 |
| 5.1 Major Findings | 第86-87页 |
| 5.2 Theoretical and Practical Implications | 第87-89页 |
| 5.3 Limitations and Suggestions for Future Research | 第89-91页 |
| References | 第91-95页 |
| Appendices | 第95-100页 |
| Appendix A Recognizing Self-Praise Sequence | 第95-96页 |
| Appendix B Examples of Self-praise and Self-Praise Responses | 第96-100页 |
