| 摘要 | 第1-4页 |
| Abstract | 第4-8页 |
| Introduction | 第8-12页 |
| Chapter One General Understanding of Compliment and Compliment Response and Theoretical Framework | 第12-25页 |
| ·General Understanding of Compliment and Compliment Response | 第12-17页 |
| ·Brief Introduction of Compliment | 第12-15页 |
| ·General Understanding of Compliment Response | 第15-17页 |
| ·Overview of Compliment from the Theoretical Perspective | 第17-23页 |
| ·Speech Act Theory | 第17-19页 |
| ·Politeness Principle | 第19-23页 |
| ·Research Method and Purpose | 第23-25页 |
| Chapter Two Comparison of Compliment in American English and Chinese | 第25-43页 |
| ·Different Preference for Compliment Topic | 第25-29页 |
| ·Topic on Appearance | 第26-27页 |
| ·Topic on Ability | 第27-28页 |
| ·Topic on Possession | 第28-29页 |
| ·Comparison of Compliment Function | 第29-32页 |
| ·Different Preference for Paying Compliment | 第32-35页 |
| ·Contrastive Study on Compliment in Linguistic Forms | 第35-43页 |
| ·Different Semantic Patterns | 第35-38页 |
| ·Different Syntactic Patterns | 第38-43页 |
| Chapter Three Comparison of Compliment Response in American English and Chinese | 第43-55页 |
| ·The Compliment Response in American English | 第43-49页 |
| ·Herbert’s Classification of American Compliment Response | 第44-48页 |
| ·Frequency and Distribution of American Compliment Response | 第48-49页 |
| ·The Compliment Response in Chinese | 第49-53页 |
| ·Chen’s Classification of Chinese Compliment Response | 第51-52页 |
| ·Frequency and Distribution of Chinese Compliment Response | 第52-53页 |
| ·Summary | 第53-55页 |
| Chapter Four Culture Influence on Compliment and Compliment Response in American English and Chinese | 第55-64页 |
| ·Collectivism vs. Individualism | 第57-59页 |
| ·Hierarchy vs. Equality | 第59-60页 |
| ·Modesty vs. Self-assertiveness | 第60-64页 |
| Conclusion | 第64-68页 |
| Bibliography | 第68-72页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第72-73页 |
| 研究生在校期间的科研成果 | 第73页 |
