| Aeknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-9页 |
| Chapter Ⅰ Introduction | 第9-11页 |
| ·What is Polite Language? | 第9页 |
| ·The Methodology of the Thesis | 第9-10页 |
| ·Format of the Thesis | 第10-11页 |
| Chapter Ⅱ Literature Reviewer | 第11-19页 |
| ·A General Review of Politeness Study in English,Japanese and Chinese | 第11页 |
| ·Politeness Study in West-Oriented Area | 第11-15页 |
| ·Rules of Politeness | 第11-12页 |
| ·Goffman's Face Theory | 第12-13页 |
| ·Brown & Levison's Politeness Theory | 第13-14页 |
| ·Leech's Politeness Principle | 第14-15页 |
| ·Politeness Study in Japanese | 第15-16页 |
| ·Politeness Study in Chinese | 第16-19页 |
| ·Gu's Study | 第17页 |
| ·Mao's View | 第17-19页 |
| Chapter Ⅲ Linguistic Strategies of Polite Language in English,Japanese andChinese | 第19-37页 |
| ·Polite Strategy in English | 第19-22页 |
| ·Personal Pronouns | 第19页 |
| ·The Normalization of Verb | 第19-20页 |
| ·The Lexicon,Behavior and Slang to Show Mutual Intimacy | 第20页 |
| ·Vague Expression | 第20页 |
| ·Euphemism | 第20页 |
| ·Tense,Aspect and Voice | 第20-21页 |
| ·Partial Negation | 第21页 |
| ·The 'if' Sentence | 第21页 |
| ·Abbreviation and Ellipsis | 第21-22页 |
| ·Interrogative Sentences | 第22页 |
| ·Polite Strategies in Japanese | 第22-29页 |
| ·Polite Strategies at Lexicon Level | 第22-27页 |
| ·Personal Pronoun | 第24-25页 |
| ·Family Address | 第25页 |
| ·Prefix and Suffix(接頭语&接尾语) | 第25-26页 |
| ·Vague Expression(暖昧语) | 第26页 |
| ·Abbreviation and Formal Expression | 第26-27页 |
| ·Grammatical Strategies at Syntactic Level | 第27-29页 |
| ·Sentence Patterns to Show Self-Abasement | 第28页 |
| ·Sentence Patterns to Show Respect | 第28-29页 |
| ·Polite Strategies in Chinese | 第29-32页 |
| ·Personal Pronoun | 第29页 |
| ·The Form of Nominalization | 第29-30页 |
| ·Addressing Terms to Show Intimacy | 第30页 |
| ·Euphemism | 第30页 |
| ·Modal Particle | 第30页 |
| ·Repetition and Insert | 第30-31页 |
| ·Conditional Sentences | 第31页 |
| ·Negative Sentences with Positive Meaning | 第31页 |
| ·Zero-subject sentences | 第31页 |
| ·Tag-Question | 第31-32页 |
| ·Strategies at Pragmatic Level | 第32-37页 |
| ·Greeting | 第32页 |
| ·Invitation | 第32-33页 |
| ·Visiting One's Home | 第33-34页 |
| ·Gratitude Expression | 第34-35页 |
| ·Apology | 第35-37页 |
| Chapter Ⅳ The Diversity in-Strategy-selecting and the Underlying Reasons | 第37-43页 |
| ·The Diversity in Strategy-selecting | 第37-39页 |
| ·The Diversity in Strategy-selecting at Lexical Level | 第37页 |
| ·The Diversity in Strategy-selecting at Syntactic Level | 第37-38页 |
| ·The Diversity in Strategy-selecting at Pragmatic Level | 第38-39页 |
| ·The Underlying Reasons For Different Strategy-selecting | 第39-43页 |
| ·The Linguistic Families and the Grammatical Structure of Languages | 第39页 |
| ·Value Orientation and Culture Diversities | 第39-41页 |
| ·Polite Maxims | 第41-43页 |
| Chapter Ⅴ Some Suggestions and Inspiration for College Foreign Language Teaching | 第43-45页 |
| ·Applying the Knowledge of Linguistic Structure into the Practice of Foreign-Language Teaching | 第43页 |
| ·Improving Communicative Competence in Chinese | 第43-45页 |
| Chapter Ⅵ Conclusion | 第45-47页 |
| ·The Major Findings | 第45页 |
| ·Limitations | 第45-46页 |
| ·Suggestion for Future Study | 第46-47页 |
| References | 第47-50页 |
| 攻读硕士学位期间的科研成果 | 第50页 |
