| Acknowledgements | 第1-3页 |
| Abstract | 第3-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-12页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第12-16页 |
| ·General description of the study | 第12-13页 |
| ·Motivations for the study | 第13页 |
| ·Significance of the study | 第13-14页 |
| ·Structure of the study | 第14-16页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第16-29页 |
| ·Discussion of some key terms in this study | 第16-18页 |
| ·Compliment and compliment response | 第16-17页 |
| ·Speech act | 第17-18页 |
| ·Previous studies on compliment | 第18-22页 |
| ·Previous studies on compliment abroad | 第18-20页 |
| ·Previous studies on compliment in China | 第20-22页 |
| ·Previous studies on compliment and compliment response strategies | 第22-24页 |
| ·Related studies | 第24-29页 |
| ·Representative politeness theory in western countries | 第24-27页 |
| ·Representative politeness theory in China | 第27-29页 |
| Chapter Three Methodology | 第29-33页 |
| ·Research questions | 第29页 |
| ·Research design | 第29-33页 |
| ·Subjects | 第29-30页 |
| ·Instrument | 第30页 |
| ·Data collection | 第30-31页 |
| ·Data analysis | 第31-33页 |
| Chapter Four Results and Discussion | 第33-53页 |
| ·Compliment strategies employed by the Chinese and American university students | 第33-34页 |
| ·Distribution of the compliment strategies employed by the Chinese and American university students | 第34-37页 |
| ·Similarities and differences in employing compliment strategies between Chinese and American university students | 第37-42页 |
| ·Similarities in employing compliment strategies between Chinese and American university students | 第37-38页 |
| ·Differences in employing compliment strategies between Chinese and American university students | 第38-42页 |
| ·Compliment Response Strategies employed by the Chinese and American university students | 第42-44页 |
| ·Distribution of compliment response strategies employed by the Chinese and American university students | 第44-48页 |
| ·Similarities and differences in compliment response strategies between Chinese and American university students | 第48-53页 |
| ·Similarities in compliment response strategies between Chinese and American university students | 第50页 |
| ·Differences in compliment response strategies between Chinese and American university students | 第50-53页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第53-56页 |
| ·Major findings | 第53页 |
| ·Pedagogical implications | 第53-54页 |
| ·Limitations and suggestions for further studies | 第54-56页 |
| References | 第56-59页 |
| Appendix I: Questionnaire in Chinese | 第59-61页 |
| Appendix II: Questionnaire in English | 第61-66页 |
| Appendix III: Examples of strategies employed by the subjects in this study | 第66-70页 |
| 读研期间发表的论文 | 第70页 |
