| 摘要 | 第1-5页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第5-9页 |
| CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION | 第9-12页 |
| ·STUDY BACKGROUND | 第9-11页 |
| ·PURPOSE AND SIGNIFICANCE | 第11页 |
| ·ORGANIZATION OF THE THESIS | 第11-12页 |
| CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE REVIEW | 第12-27页 |
| ·REFUSAL SPEECH ACT | 第12-16页 |
| ·Definition of Refusal | 第12页 |
| ·Refusal Strategies | 第12-16页 |
| ·POLITENESS IN REFUSAL SPEECH ACT | 第16-19页 |
| ·Brown and Levinson's Concept of Politeness | 第17页 |
| ·Chinese Concept of Politeness | 第17-18页 |
| ·Indirectness and Politeness | 第18-19页 |
| ·THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN REFUSAL SPEECH ACT AND CULTURAL VALUE | 第19页 |
| ·CHINESE CULTURAL VALUE | 第19-24页 |
| ·Hofstede and Hall's cultural value dimensions | 第20-21页 |
| ·Traditional Chinese Cultural Value | 第21-22页 |
| ·Changing Chinese Cultural Value | 第22-24页 |
| ·PREVIOUS STUDIES ON REFUSAL SPEECH ACT | 第24-27页 |
| ·Studies Abroad | 第24-25页 |
| ·Studies at Home | 第25-27页 |
| CHAPTER THREE METHODOLOGY | 第27-31页 |
| ·RESEARCH FRAMEWORK AND QUESTIONS | 第27-29页 |
| ·DATA COLLECTION | 第29页 |
| ·DATA ANALYSIS | 第29-31页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR RESULTS AND DISCUSSION | 第31-50页 |
| ·DETAILED EXPLANATION | 第31-34页 |
| ·COMPARISON OF REFUSAL STRATEGIES IN THE 1980S AND 2010S | 第34-39页 |
| ·General Comparison | 第34-38页 |
| ·Comparison of the Subordinate Strategies of Indirect Refusal Strategy | 第38-39页 |
| ·Comparison of the Subordinate Strategies of Adjuncts | 第39页 |
| ·RESULT-BASED DISCUSSION IN A CULTURAL PERSPECTIVE | 第39-50页 |
| ·Refusal Strategy Changes in perspective of Individualism and Collectivism (I/C) | 第40-42页 |
| ·Refusal Strategy Changes in Perspective of High Power Distance (HPD) and Low Power Distance (LPD) | 第42-46页 |
| ·Refusal Strategy Changes in Perspective of High Context (HC) and Low Context (LC) | 第46-50页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE CONCLUSIONS | 第50-52页 |
| ·MAJOR FINDINGS | 第50-51页 |
| ·LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY | 第51页 |
| ·SUGGESTIONS FOR FUTURE RESEARCH | 第51-52页 |
| Acknowledgement | 第52-53页 |
| REFERENCES | 第53-57页 |
| APPENDIX | 第57页 |
| APPENDIX I: THE SELECTED CHINESE MOVIES IN 1980S | 第57页 |
| APPENDIX II: THE SELECTED CHINESE MOVIES IN THE RECENT TWO YEARS (2010&2011) | 第57页 |
| APPENDIX III: 作者在攻读硕士学位期间发表的目录 | 第57页 |
