| Abstract | 第7-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第9-12页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第12-16页 |
| 1.1 Background of the study | 第12-13页 |
| 1.2 Purpose of the study | 第13-14页 |
| 1.3 Significance of the study | 第14页 |
| 1.4 Organization of the thesis | 第14-16页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第16-28页 |
| 2.1 Definition of impoliteness | 第16-18页 |
| 2.2 Studies on mediation discourse | 第18-22页 |
| 2.2.1 Studies in judicial mediation discourse | 第18-19页 |
| 2.2.2 Studies in TV mediation discourse | 第19-22页 |
| 2.3 Studies on impoliteness | 第22-26页 |
| 2.3.1 Theoretical studies on impoliteness in discourse | 第22-24页 |
| 2.3.2 Empirical studies on impoliteness in discourse | 第24-26页 |
| 2.4 Summary | 第26-28页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Considerations and Analytic Framework | 第28-42页 |
| 3.1 Politeness | 第28-33页 |
| 3.1.1 Grice’s Cooperative Principle | 第28-30页 |
| 3.1.2 Leech’s Politeness Principle | 第30-31页 |
| 3.1.3 Brown and Levinson’s politeness strategy | 第31-33页 |
| 3.2 Impoliteness | 第33-38页 |
| 3.2.1 Culpeper’s impoliteness theory | 第34-37页 |
| 3.2.2 Bousfield’s impoliteness theory | 第37-38页 |
| 3.3 The relationship between politeness and impoliteness | 第38-39页 |
| 3.4 Analytic framework | 第39-41页 |
| 3.5 Summary | 第41-42页 |
| Chapter Four Research Methodology | 第42-45页 |
| 4.1 Research questions | 第42页 |
| 4.2 Data collection | 第42-43页 |
| 4.3 Research procedures | 第43-44页 |
| 4.4 Summary | 第44-45页 |
| Chapter Five Results and Discussion | 第45-83页 |
| 5.1 Impoliteness strategies used by guests in mediation | 第45-58页 |
| 5.1.1 Types of impoliteness strategies used by guests | 第45-55页 |
| 5.1.2 Pragmatic functions of impoliteness strategies used by guests | 第55-58页 |
| 5.2 Impoliteness strategies used by hosts in mediation | 第58-79页 |
| 5.2.1 Types of impoliteness strategies used by hosts | 第58-74页 |
| 5.2.2 Pragmatic functions of impoliteness strategies used by hosts | 第74-79页 |
| 5.3 Discussion | 第79-82页 |
| 5.3.1 Comparative Analysis of impoliteness strategies used by guests and hosts | 第79-81页 |
| 5.3.2 Comparative Analysis of pragmatic functions of impoliteness strategiesused by guests and hosts | 第81-82页 |
| 5.4 Summary | 第82-83页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第83-87页 |
| 6.1 Major findings and implications of the present study | 第83-85页 |
| 6.2 Limitations of the present study | 第85-86页 |
| 6.3 Suggestions for further study | 第86-87页 |
| References | 第87-93页 |
| Acknowledgement | 第93页 |
