| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-11页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第11-17页 |
| ·Setting the scene | 第11-14页 |
| ·The Purpose and Significance of the Research | 第14-15页 |
| ·Rationale and research method | 第15页 |
| ·Organization of the dissertation | 第15-17页 |
| Chapter Two Literature review | 第17-28页 |
| ·Politeness in general | 第17-19页 |
| ·The definition of politeness | 第17-18页 |
| ·"Negative" and negative emotions | 第18-19页 |
| ·Politeness in terms of principles and maxims | 第19-24页 |
| ·Lakoff's concept of politeness | 第19页 |
| ·Leech's Politeness Principle | 第19-21页 |
| ·Gu Yueguo's concept of politeness | 第21页 |
| ·Brown and Levinson's politeness strategies | 第21-24页 |
| ·Studies on negative politeness | 第24-28页 |
| Chapter Three Realization of negative politeness | 第28-37页 |
| ·Brown and Levinson' five strategies in negative politeness | 第28-30页 |
| ·The realization of negative politeness in vocabulary level | 第30-32页 |
| ·The realization of negative politeness in syntax level | 第32-34页 |
| ·The realization of negative politeness in discourse level | 第34-36页 |
| ·Summary | 第36-37页 |
| Chapter Four Negative politeness in English culture | 第37-56页 |
| ·Social Factors | 第37-42页 |
| ·Power | 第37-40页 |
| ·Social Distance | 第40-42页 |
| ·Cultural Factors | 第42-55页 |
| ·Combination of direct and indirect thinking ways | 第43-44页 |
| ·individualism | 第44-45页 |
| ·Modesty | 第45-46页 |
| ·Respect of privacy | 第46-47页 |
| ·Displaying gentility | 第47-55页 |
| ·Summary | 第55-56页 |
| Chapter Five Negative politeness in Chinese culture | 第56-62页 |
| ·Negative politeness and traditional Chinese philosophy | 第56-57页 |
| ·Some changes of the concept of politeness in China | 第57-58页 |
| ·Realization of negative politeness in Chinese context | 第58-61页 |
| ·Summary | 第61-62页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第62-66页 |
| ·Overview | 第62-64页 |
| ·Implications | 第64页 |
| ·Limitation of the study | 第64-65页 |
| ·Suggestions for further study | 第65-66页 |
| Bibliography | 第66-70页 |
| Appendix | 第70页 |
