| Abstract | 第1-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-7页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第7-11页 |
| ·The Objective of the Study | 第7-9页 |
| ·The Significance of the Study | 第9-10页 |
| ·The Organization of the Study | 第10-11页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第11-18页 |
| ·Sincere Speech Acts and Ostensible Speech Acts | 第11-13页 |
| ·Studies on Ostensible Speech Acts | 第13-16页 |
| ·Performance of Speech Acts and Social Distance | 第16-18页 |
| Chapter Three Research Design | 第18-22页 |
| ·The Source of Data | 第18-19页 |
| ·Procedure of Data Analysis | 第19-22页 |
| Chapter Four Strategies of Ostensible Invitation in Chinese | 第22-31页 |
| ·The Implausibility Strategy | 第22-24页 |
| ·The Solicitation Strategy | 第24-25页 |
| ·The Non-persistence Strategy | 第25-27页 |
| ·The Vague arrangement Strategy | 第27-28页 |
| ·The Hedging Strategy | 第28-29页 |
| ·The Inappropriate-Cue Strategy | 第29-31页 |
| Chapter Five Co-relations between Ostensible Invitation Strategies and Social Distance in Chinese | 第31-40页 |
| ·Relationship between Strategies and Each Type of Social Distance | 第33-35页 |
| ·Strategies and Stranger Relationship | 第33-34页 |
| ·Strategies and Acquaintance Relationship | 第34页 |
| ·Strategies and Intimate Relationship | 第34-35页 |
| ·Relationship between Each strategy and Social Distance | 第35-38页 |
| ·The Implausibility Strategy and Social Distance | 第35-36页 |
| ·The Non-persistence Strategy and Social Distance | 第36-37页 |
| ·The Vague Arrangement Strategy and Social Distance | 第37-38页 |
| ·The Hedging Strategy and Social Distance | 第38页 |
| ·Summary | 第38-40页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第40-44页 |
| ·Main Findings | 第40-41页 |
| ·Implications of the study | 第41-43页 |
| ·Limitations of the study | 第43页 |
| ·Suggestions for further research | 第43-44页 |
| References | 第44-47页 |
| Appendix I | 第47-48页 |
| Appendix II | 第48-49页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第49页 |
