| Acknowledgements | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract in Chinese | 第7-8页 |
| Abstract in English | 第8-9页 |
| A Note on Conventions | 第9-10页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第10-15页 |
| ·A Generall Description of This Study | 第10-11页 |
| ·The Need for the Study | 第11-13页 |
| ·Overall Structure of This Thesis | 第13-14页 |
| ·Summary | 第14-15页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第15-26页 |
| ·Definitions of Compliments | 第15-16页 |
| ·Functions of Compliments | 第16-18页 |
| ·Review of Studies on Compliments | 第18-25页 |
| ·Foreign Studies on Compliments | 第18-21页 |
| ·Domestic Studies on Compliments | 第21-25页 |
| ·Summary | 第25-26页 |
| Chapter Three Relevant Theories of Discourse Strategies | 第26-39页 |
| ·Prosody in Conversation | 第26-33页 |
| ·Stress or Accent | 第28-30页 |
| ·Tone or Pitch | 第30-31页 |
| ·Paralinguistic Features | 第31-33页 |
| ·Context of Discourse | 第33-38页 |
| ·Types and Functions of Context | 第34-35页 |
| ·Features of Context | 第35-36页 |
| ·Ways to Understand Context | 第36-38页 |
| ·Summary | 第38-39页 |
| Chapter Four Discourse Strategies of Compliments | 第39-62页 |
| ·Prosodic Differentiation on Compliments | 第39-42页 |
| ·Stress Differentiation on Compliments | 第39-40页 |
| ·Tone Differentiation on Compliments | 第40-41页 |
| ·Paralinguistic Differentiation on Compliments | 第41-42页 |
| ·Contextual Differentiation on Compliments | 第42-43页 |
| ·Strategies of Compliments | 第43-60页 |
| ·Lubricating Communicative Relationship | 第44-51页 |
| ·Starting Conversation | 第44-45页 |
| ·Ending Conversation | 第45-46页 |
| ·Shifting Topic | 第46-47页 |
| ·Comforting Act | 第47-50页 |
| ·Proof-showing Act | 第50-51页 |
| ·Showing Illocutionary Meaning | 第51-60页 |
| ·Appreciating Act | 第52-53页 |
| ·Rejecting Act | 第53-55页 |
| ·Criticizing Act | 第55-57页 |
| ·Initiating Act | 第57-59页 |
| ·Satirizing Act | 第59-60页 |
| ·Summary | 第60-62页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第62-65页 |
| ·Summary of the Major Findings | 第62-63页 |
| ·Implications of the Present Study | 第63页 |
| ·Limitations and Space for Future Research | 第63-65页 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 第65-70页 |
| APPENDIX | 第70页 |
