| Chinese Abstract | 第1-5页 |
| English Abstract | 第5-9页 |
| Introduction | 第9-17页 |
| ·Literature Review of Relevant Researches | 第9-15页 |
| ·A Review on Memetics | 第9-11页 |
| ·A Review on Politeness Studies | 第11-13页 |
| ·A Review on Adaptation Theory | 第13-15页 |
| ·Significance and Aims of the Research | 第15-16页 |
| ·Methodology and Organization of the Thesis | 第16-17页 |
| Chapter 1 Courtesy Language and Meme | 第17-27页 |
| ·Courtesy Language: Linguistic Form of Politeness | 第17-20页 |
| ·Language and Meme | 第20-24页 |
| ·Language: A Vehicle for Spreading Memes | 第20-21页 |
| ·Meme: An Impetus for Language Evolution | 第21-24页 |
| ·Courtesy Language Meme: Conventional Utterance to Extend Politeness | 第24-27页 |
| Chapter 2 Differences of Courtesy Language Meme in English and Chinese Cultures | 第27-41页 |
| ·Differences in Cultural Origins of Courtesy Language Meme | 第27-30页 |
| ·Equality-orientation Shaped by Christianity | 第27-28页 |
| ·Hierarchy-orientation Shaped by Confucianism | 第28-30页 |
| ·Differences in the Guiding Principles of Courtesy Language Meme | 第30-35页 |
| ·Individualism-oriented Politeness Principles in English | 第30-33页 |
| ·Collectivism-oriented Politeness Principles in Chinese | 第33-35页 |
| ·Differences in the Usage of Courtesy Language Meme | 第35-41页 |
| ·Differences in Address Forms | 第36-38页 |
| ·Differences in Greeting and Parting Terms | 第38-39页 |
| ·Differences in Expressions of Appreciation and Apology | 第39-41页 |
| Chapter 3 Adaptation of Courtesy Language Meme in Cross-cultural Communicative Context | 第41-54页 |
| ·Classification of Cross-cultural Communicative Context | 第41-43页 |
| ·The Model of Adaptation of Courtesy Language Meme | 第43-45页 |
| ·Adaptation in Cross-cultural Communicative Context | 第45-54页 |
| ·Adaptation in Cultural Context | 第45-47页 |
| ·Adaptation in Communicative Context | 第47-51页 |
| ·Adaptation in Linguistic Context | 第51-54页 |
| Conclusion | 第54-56页 |
| Notes | 第56-57页 |
| References | 第57-61页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第61-62页 |
| Informative Chinese Abstract | 第62-65页 |
| Résuméand Publications since Entering the Program | 第65页 |
