| Abstract | 第1-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-11页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第11-14页 |
| ·Research Background | 第11-12页 |
| ·Significance of the Study | 第12-13页 |
| ·Organizations of the Thesis | 第13-14页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第14-24页 |
| ·Review of Academic Book Review | 第14-19页 |
| ·The Definition and Interpersonal Relationship of Academic Book Review | 第14-16页 |
| ·Previous Studies on Academic Book Reviews | 第16-19页 |
| ·Perspectives on Politeness | 第19-24页 |
| ·The Social-norm View | 第19-20页 |
| ·The Conversational-maxim View | 第20-21页 |
| ·The Conversational- contract View | 第21-22页 |
| ·The Face-saving View | 第22-24页 |
| Chapter 3 Theoretical Framework | 第24-30页 |
| ·Face Theory | 第24-27页 |
| ·Politeness Strategies in Academic Book Reviews | 第27-30页 |
| ·Positive Politeness Strategy | 第27-28页 |
| ·Negative Politeness Strategy | 第28-29页 |
| ·Bald on Record Strategy | 第29-30页 |
| Chapter 4 Research Methodology | 第30-33页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第30页 |
| ·Data Collection | 第30-31页 |
| ·Research Procedures | 第31-33页 |
| Chapter 5 Comparison of Politeness Strategies in English and Chinese Academic Book Reviews | 第33-54页 |
| ·The Qualitative and Quantitative Study | 第33-49页 |
| ·Statistics of Politeness Strategies in Saving the Author’s Face | 第33-45页 |
| ·Positive Politeness Strategies | 第33-39页 |
| ·Negative Politeness Strategies | 第39-44页 |
| ·Bald on Record Strategy | 第44-45页 |
| ·Statistics of Politeness Strategies in Saving the Readers’ Face | 第45-49页 |
| ·Positive Politeness Strategy | 第45-47页 |
| ·Negative Politeness Strategy | 第47-49页 |
| ·Summing up of the Statistics | 第49-52页 |
| ·Findings of the Qualitative and Quantitative Study | 第52-54页 |
| Chapter 6 Cultural Reasons for the Use of Politeness Strategies in English and Chinese Academic Book Reviews | 第54-63页 |
| ·Cultural Reasons for the Similarities of the Use of Politeness Strategies | 第54-57页 |
| ·The Universals of Politeness | 第54-56页 |
| ·The Dynamic Nature of Culture | 第56-57页 |
| ·Cultural Reasons for the Differences of the Use of Politeness Strategies | 第57-63页 |
| ·Different Traditions of Politeness | 第57-58页 |
| ·Different Value Systems | 第58-60页 |
| ·Different Cultural Contexts | 第60-61页 |
| ·Different Thinking Patterns | 第61-63页 |
| Chapter 7 Conclusion | 第63-66页 |
| ·Summary of the Study | 第63-64页 |
| ·Limitations and Suggestions | 第64-66页 |
| Bibliography | 第66-69页 |
| Appendix | 第69-73页 |
| Acknowledgments | 第73页 |