| Abstract | 第1-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-6页 |
| Contents | 第6-8页 |
| Introduction | 第8-10页 |
| Chapter One The Theories and Studies on Politeness | 第10-21页 |
| ·The Cooperative Principle | 第10-11页 |
| ·The Politeness Theories | 第11-21页 |
| ·Lakoff’s View of Politeness | 第11-12页 |
| ·Leech’s Politeness Principle | 第12-14页 |
| ·Brown and Levinson’s Politeness Theory | 第14-16页 |
| ·Politeness Research at Home | 第16-18页 |
| ·Politeness and Pragmatic Distance | 第18-21页 |
| Chapter Two The Indirect Speech Act | 第21-30页 |
| ·Speech Act Theory | 第21-22页 |
| ·Indirect Speech Act Theory | 第22-27页 |
| ·Indirectness | 第23-24页 |
| ·Grice’s Theory of Conversational Implicature | 第24-25页 |
| ·Relationship between Indirect Speech Act and Conversational Implicature | 第25-26页 |
| ·The Classification of the Indirect Speech Act | 第26页 |
| ·The Characteristics of Indirect Speech Act | 第26-27页 |
| ·The Interpretation of Indirect Speech Act | 第27-30页 |
| ·The Pragmatic Approach | 第27-28页 |
| ·From the Cognitive Perspective | 第28-30页 |
| Chapter Three The Relationship between Politeness and Indirect Speech Act | 第30-52页 |
| ·The Relationship between Politeness Principle and Indirect Speech Act | 第30-35页 |
| ·Relating Leech’s Politeness Principle and Searle’s Indirect Speech Act | 第30-31页 |
| ·The Application of Politeness Principle in Indirect Speech Act | 第31-32页 |
| ·The Interpretation of Indirect Speech Act Based on the Politeness Principle | 第32-35页 |
| ·The Relationship between Politeness and Indirect Speech Act | 第35-52页 |
| ·The Pragmatic Function of Politeness and Indirect Speech Act | 第35-36页 |
| ·The Achieving of Politeness through Indirect Speech Act | 第36-39页 |
| ·Indirect Speech Act and Linguistic Politeness | 第39-41页 |
| ·Indirect Speech Act and Utterance Politeness | 第41-43页 |
| ·Negative Effects of Indirect Speech Act in Politeness Application | 第43-47页 |
| ·The Other Motives for Employing Indirect Speech Act | 第47-52页 |
| Chapter Four The Factors Affecting the Relationship between Indirect Speech Act and Politeness | 第52-61页 |
| ·Cultural Differences in Indirect Speech Act | 第52-57页 |
| ·Collectivism and Individualism | 第53-55页 |
| ·Larger Power Distance and Equality | 第55-56页 |
| ·Intragroup Harmony and Assertiveness | 第56-57页 |
| ·Situational Variables | 第57-61页 |
| ·Setting Variables | 第57页 |
| ·Power and Role Variables | 第57-58页 |
| ·Imposition Variables | 第58-59页 |
| ·Social Distance Variables | 第59-61页 |
| Conclusion | 第61-62页 |
| References | 第62-64页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第64页 |
