| 摘要 | 第4-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-8页 |
| A List of Abbreviations | 第11-12页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第12-19页 |
| 1.1 Research Background | 第12-17页 |
| 1.2 Research Objectives | 第17页 |
| 1.3 Research Significance | 第17-18页 |
| 1.4 The Organization of the Thesis | 第18-19页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第19-30页 |
| 2.1 Related Studies of Cross-cultural Pragmatics | 第19-21页 |
| 2.2 Related Studies of Compliment Speech Act | 第21-26页 |
| 2.2.1 Definitions of Compliment | 第21-22页 |
| 2.2.2 Previous Studies of Compliments at Home and Abroad | 第22-26页 |
| 2.3 Cross-cultural Pragmatics and Compliment Speech Act | 第26-28页 |
| 2.4 Brief Summary | 第28-30页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Basis | 第30-39页 |
| 3.1 Definitions of Cross-cultural Pragmatics | 第30-34页 |
| 3.1.1 Definitions of Pragmatics | 第30-32页 |
| 3.1.2 Definitions of Cross-cultural Pragmatics | 第32-34页 |
| 3.2 The Contents of Cross-cultural Pragmatics | 第34-36页 |
| 3.2.1 The View of Blum-Kulka et al | 第34-35页 |
| 3.2.2 The View of He Zhaoxiong | 第35页 |
| 3.2.3 The View of Wang Jianhua | 第35-36页 |
| 3.3 The Theoretical Rational | 第36-37页 |
| 3.4 Brief Summary | 第37-39页 |
| Chapter Four Research Design | 第39-47页 |
| 4.1 Research Questions | 第39页 |
| 4.2 Research Subjects | 第39-40页 |
| 4.3 Research Methods | 第40-42页 |
| 4.4 Research Instruments | 第42-47页 |
| 4.4.1 The Rationality of the Choice of Discourse Completion Test(DCT) | 第43-45页 |
| 4.4.2 The Design of DCT in the Present Study | 第45-47页 |
| Chapter Five Results and Discussions | 第47-75页 |
| 5.1 Cultural Carrier—the Contrast of Superficial Features of Chinese andEnglish Compliments | 第47-63页 |
| 5.1.1 The Contrast of Topics, Frequency and Purpose | 第47-51页 |
| 5.1.2 The Contrast of Lexical Features of Chinese and English Compliments | 第51-56页 |
| 5.1.3 The Contrast of Syntactic Features of Chinese and EnglishCompliments | 第56-63页 |
| 5.2 Pragmatic Subjects--the Contrast of Compliment Responses of Chinese andEnglish Compliments | 第63-69页 |
| 5.2.1 The Analysis of English Compliment Responses Data | 第64-66页 |
| 5.2.2 The Analysis of Chinese Compliment Responses Data | 第66-67页 |
| 5.2.3 The Contrast of Strategies Between Chinese and English ComplimentResponse | 第67-69页 |
| 5.3 Cultural Implication—Cultural Differences in Compliment Speech Act | 第69-73页 |
| 5.3.1 Collectivism vs. Individualism | 第69-71页 |
| 5.3.2 Hierarchy vs. Equality | 第71-72页 |
| 5.3.3 Directness vs. Indirectness | 第72-73页 |
| 5.4 Brief Summary | 第73-75页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第75-80页 |
| 6.1 Main Findings | 第75-76页 |
| 6.2 Research Implications | 第76-78页 |
| 6.3 Research Limitations | 第78-80页 |
| Bibliography | 第80-85页 |
| Appendix I | 第85-88页 |
| Appendix II | 第88-92页 |
| 作者简介 | 第92-93页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第93页 |
