| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第1-6页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第6-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-11页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第11-17页 |
| ·Background and Motivation | 第11-15页 |
| ·Purpose of the Study | 第15-16页 |
| ·Organization of the Thesis | 第16-17页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第17-37页 |
| ·Speech Act Theory | 第17-18页 |
| ·Brown and Levinson’s Politeness Model | 第18-20页 |
| ·Face | 第18-19页 |
| ·Strategies for doing FTAs | 第19-20页 |
| ·Computing the weightiness of an FTA | 第20页 |
| ·Apology | 第20-37页 |
| ·Definition | 第21-23页 |
| ·Strategies | 第23-28页 |
| ·Prior Studies: Learner’s Pragmalinguistic Production and Perception of Apologies | 第28-37页 |
| ·Native Speakers of English Apology Production | 第28-29页 |
| ·Non-native Speakers of English Production of Apologies | 第29-34页 |
| ·Non-native Speakers’Apology Production in Language Other Than English | 第34-35页 |
| ·Non-native Speakers’Perception of Apologies | 第35-37页 |
| Chapter 3 Methodology and Analysis | 第37-61页 |
| ·Subjects | 第37-38页 |
| ·Material | 第38-41页 |
| ·The Background Section of the Questionnaire | 第38页 |
| ·The Production Test | 第38-39页 |
| ·The Perception Test | 第39-41页 |
| ·Procedure | 第41页 |
| ·Data Analysis | 第41-61页 |
| ·Semantic formulae of Chinese EFL learners | 第41-55页 |
| ·Apology strategies used by freshmen respondents (G1prod) | 第43-47页 |
| ·Apology strategies used by senior students (G4prod) | 第47-53页 |
| ·Differences in apologies between two groups | 第53-55页 |
| ·Contrastive study of perception | 第55-56页 |
| ·Relationship of perception and production: tentative analysis | 第56-61页 |
| ·Holistic assessment of appropriateness | 第56-57页 |
| ·Scoring of the Perception Tests Items | 第57-58页 |
| ·Statistical Analysis | 第58页 |
| ·Results | 第58-61页 |
| Chapter 4 Discussions | 第61-66页 |
| ·Answering the research questions | 第61-65页 |
| ·What are the semantic formulae of apology of EFL learners in and China？ | 第61-62页 |
| ·What is the degree of the relationship between production and L2 proficiency? | 第62页 |
| ·What is the degree of the relationship between perception and L2 proficiency? | 第62-64页 |
| ·What is the degree of the relationship among perception, production and L2 proficiency? | 第64-65页 |
| ·Incorporating research findings into English teaching and learning | 第65-66页 |
| Chapter 5 Reflections and Suggestions | 第66-71页 |
| ·Reflections of This Study | 第66-69页 |
| ·Suggestions for Future Research | 第69-71页 |
| Bibliography | 第71-78页 |
| Appendix 1 | 第78-80页 |
| Appendix 2 | 第80-82页 |
