| 摘要 | 第1-4页 |
| Abstract | 第4-8页 |
| 1 Introduction | 第8-10页 |
| 2 Theoretical foundations | 第10-17页 |
| ·Culture and politeness | 第10-11页 |
| ·Brown and Levinson's politeness principle | 第11-12页 |
| ·Ron Scollon and Suzanne Wong Scollon's politeness principle | 第12-16页 |
| ·Summary | 第16-17页 |
| 3 The research methodology | 第17-21页 |
| ·Aims and objectives | 第17-18页 |
| ·General objectives | 第17页 |
| ·Specific objectives | 第17-18页 |
| ·Design of the study | 第18-19页 |
| ·Subjects of the study | 第18页 |
| ·The instruments | 第18-19页 |
| ·Data collecting procedures | 第19页 |
| ·Data analysis procedures | 第19页 |
| ·Summary | 第19-21页 |
| 4 Results and discussions | 第21-52页 |
| ·Investigation into Brown and Levinson's politeness theory | 第21-23页 |
| ·Investigation into Ron Scollon and Wong Scollon's face systems | 第23-26页 |
| ·Investigation into the basic reason for the asymmetry of politeness principle | 第26-30页 |
| ·The asymmetrical reflections of politeness principle in intercultural communication | 第30-40页 |
| ·The asymmetrical reflections in interpersonal relationship | 第30-33页 |
| ·The asymmetrical reflections in cultural context | 第33-37页 |
| ·The asymmetrical reflections in non-verbal communication | 第37-40页 |
| ·The analysis of asymmetrical strategies of politeness principle | 第40-51页 |
| ·The possibilities to improve asymmetrical politeness strategies | 第40-41页 |
| ·The asymmetrical politeness strategies to improve intercultural communication | 第41-49页 |
| ·The enlightenment of asymmetrical politeness strategies | 第49-51页 |
| ·Summary | 第51-52页 |
| 5 Conclusion | 第52-54页 |
| Notes | 第54-56页 |
| Bibliography | 第56-59页 |
| Appendix I | 第59-61页 |
| Appendix II | 第61-63页 |
| Published paper | 第63-64页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第64-65页 |
