| Acknowledgments | 第1-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-7页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第7-12页 |
| List of Figures | 第12-13页 |
| List of Tables | 第13-19页 |
| List of Abbreviations | 第19-20页 |
| Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION | 第20-27页 |
| ·Research Orientation | 第20页 |
| ·Motivations and Methods of the Research | 第20-24页 |
| ·Significance of the Research | 第24-25页 |
| ·Organization of the Dissertation | 第25-27页 |
| Chapter 2 THEORETICAL BACKGROUND | 第27-118页 |
| ·Rationale for Request Strategy | 第27-73页 |
| ·Pragmatics and Cross-cultural Pragmatics | 第27-39页 |
| ·Interlanguage Pragmatics | 第39-43页 |
| ·Speech Act Theories | 第43-54页 |
| ·Politeness Theories | 第54-67页 |
| ·Politeness Theories and Request Strategies | 第67-73页 |
| ·Concept and Criteria of Request as a Speech Act | 第73-76页 |
| ·Understanding of Request | 第73页 |
| ·Criteria of Request | 第73-76页 |
| ·Request Classification and Request Strategies | 第76-104页 |
| ·Request Classification | 第76-87页 |
| ·Perspectives on Request Speech Act | 第87-88页 |
| ·Structural Components of Request | 第88-89页 |
| ·Classification of Request Strategies by Blum-Kulka & House | 第89-94页 |
| ·Modifications of Request Speech Act | 第94-104页 |
| ·Studies on Requests at home and Abroad | 第104-114页 |
| ·Studies on Chinese Request Made by Native Chinese | 第104-110页 |
| ·Contrastive Studies on English Request and Chinese Request | 第110-113页 |
| ·Studies on Chinese Request Strategies Adopted by Foreign Students ○f Chinese | 第113-114页 |
| ·Summary: Basis for the Present Research | 第114-118页 |
| Chapter 3 METHODOLOGY AND DESIGN OF THE STUDY | 第118-132页 |
| ·Hypotheses of the Research | 第118-119页 |
| ·Instruments s of the Research | 第119-128页 |
| ·Origin of the Discourse Completion Test | 第119-121页 |
| ·Modification of DCT for the Present Study | 第121-123页 |
| ·DCT Questionnaire for the Research | 第123-126页 |
| ·The Interview | 第126-128页 |
| ·Structure of the Interview | 第126页 |
| ·Sampling Procedures | 第126-128页 |
| ·Subjects and Procedures of the Questionnaire Survey | 第128-131页 |
| ·Criteria for Selecting the Subjects | 第128-129页 |
| ·Classification of the Subjects | 第129-130页 |
| ·General Information of the Subjects | 第130-131页 |
| ·Summary | 第131-132页 |
| Chapter 4 A QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE QUESTIONNAIRE RESULTS | 第132-189页 |
| ·Introduction | 第132页 |
| ·Types of Request Strategies Used by the Four Groups in General | 第132-134页 |
| ·Differences in the Types of Request Strategies Used by the Four Groups | 第134-163页 |
| ·General Situational Variations of Strategies Used by the Four Groups | 第134-137页 |
| ·Situational Setting Variations in the Adoption of the Direct Strategies by the four Groups | 第137-163页 |
| ·Differences in the Directness of Request Strategies Used by the Four Groups in All the 6 Situational Settings | 第139-147页 |
| ·Differences in the Conventional Indirectness of Request Strategies Used by the Four Groups in All the 6 Situational Settings | 第147-154页 |
| ·Differences in the Unconventional Indirectness of Request Strategies Used by the Four Groups in All the 6 Situational Settings | 第154-163页 |
| ·Differences in the Types of Request Strategies Used by the Four Groups in Terms of Social Distance and Dominance. | 第163-175页 |
| ·Differences in the Types of Request Strategies Used by the Four Group Regarding Social Distance | 第163-168页 |
| ·Differences in the Adoption of Types of Request Strategies by the Four Groups in +SD Situation | 第164-166页 |
| ·Differences in the Adoption of Types of Request Strategies by the Four Groups in -SD Situation | 第166-168页 |
| ·Differences in the Types of Request Strategies Used by the Four Groups Regarding Social Dominance | 第168-175页 |
| ·Differences in the Adoption of Types of Request Strategies Used by the Four Groups under the Dominance of X>Y | 第168-170页 |
·Differences in the Adoption of Types of Request Strategies Used by the Four Groups under the Dominance of X| 第170-173页 | |
| ·Differences in the Adoption of Types of Request Strategies Used by the Four Groups under the Dominance of X=Y | 第173-175页 |
| ·Contrastive Analysis of the Request Modifications Adopted by the Four Groups | 第175-181页 |
| ·Modifications Adopted by the Four Groups in General | 第175-176页 |
| ·Alerters Adopted by the Four Groups | 第176-178页 |
| ·Supportive Moves Adopted by the Four Groups | 第178-181页 |
| ·Contrastive Analysis of the Politeness Markers Adopted by the Four Groups | 第181-183页 |
| ·Summary: Major Findings of the Quantitative Research | 第183-189页 |
| Chapter 5 A QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE INTERVIEW RESULTS | 第189-202页 |
| ·Introduction | 第189页 |
| ·Analysis of the Causes for the Differences in the Use of the Three Type of Request Strategies by the Four Groups | 第189-193页 |
| ·Analysis of the Causes for the Differences in the Use of Request Modifications by the Four Groups | 第193-196页 |
| ·Analysis of the Causes for the Differences in the Use of Request Politeness Markers by the Four Groups | 第196-198页 |
| ·Summary: Factors Contributing to the Differences in the Use of Request Strategies by the Four Groups | 第198-202页 |
| ·Parataxis vs. Hypotaxis as A Linguistic Factor | 第198-200页 |
| ·Social Dominance vs. Equality Orientation as A Social Factor | 第200-201页 |
| ·Collectivism vs. Individualism as A Cultural Factor | 第201-202页 |
| Chapter 6 CONCLUSION | 第202-212页 |
| ·Major Findings of the Research | 第202-209页 |
| ·Implications of the Research | 第209-210页 |
| ·Limitations of the Research | 第210页 |
| ·Suggestions for Future Research | 第210-212页 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 第212-222页 |
| APPENDIX Ⅰ | 第222-225页 |
| APPENDIX Ⅱ | 第225-227页 |
