| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第1-4页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第4-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-10页 |
| CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION | 第10-14页 |
| ·Introduction | 第10页 |
| ·The Rationale of the Present Study | 第10-11页 |
| ·Problems with the Existing Studies | 第11页 |
| ·Objectives of the Present Study | 第11-12页 |
| ·Methodology | 第12页 |
| ·Outline of the Thesis | 第12-14页 |
| CHAPTER 2 LITERATURE REVIEW | 第14-18页 |
| ·Studies on Politeness at Home and Abroad | 第14-15页 |
| ·Studies on Impoliteness | 第15-18页 |
| ·Definitions for Impoliteness | 第15页 |
| ·Research Approaches, Fields and Perspectives of Impoliteness Studies | 第15-16页 |
| ·Specialties of the Present Study that Distinguish it from Preceding Ones | 第16-18页 |
| CHAPTER 3 DATA COLLECTION | 第18-19页 |
| CHAPTER 4 THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK | 第19-23页 |
| ·Verschueren's Linguistic Adaptation Theory | 第19-20页 |
| ·Developing Ways of the Present Study | 第20-23页 |
| CHAPTER 5 DELIMITATION AND CATEGORIZATION OF IMPOLITENESS | 第23-31页 |
| ·Behavioral Impoliteness and Linguistic Impoliteness | 第23-24页 |
| ·Working Definition of Verbal Impoliteness | 第24-25页 |
| ·Further Categorization of Verbal Impoliteness | 第25-31页 |
| ·Impoliteness Being both Intended and Perceived | 第25-28页 |
| ·Non-Strategic Impoliteness | 第26-27页 |
| ·Strategic Impoliteness | 第27-28页 |
| ·Impoliteness not Intended but Being Perceived Mistakenly | 第28-29页 |
| ·Impoliteness Being Intended but not Perceived | 第29-30页 |
| ·Impoliteness Being neither Intended nor Perceived | 第30-31页 |
| CHAPTER 6 LINGUISTIC NEGOTIABILITY AND THE CONVEYING OF IMPOLITENESS IN UTTERANCES | 第31-43页 |
| ·Subjects of Negotiation | 第31-33页 |
| ·Typicality of Impoliteness | 第31-33页 |
| ·Intensity of Impoliteness | 第33页 |
| ·Interrelationship between the Two Subjects of Negotiation | 第33页 |
| ·Major Factors Affecting the Negotiation of Impoliteness | 第33-36页 |
| ·Knowledge at the Occurrence of an Utterance | 第34-35页 |
| ·Knowledge after the Occurrence of an Utterance | 第35-36页 |
| ·The Negotiation Process during the Conveying of Impolite Meaning in Utterances | 第36-39页 |
| ·Elaboration on the Whole Conveying Process of Impoliteness by Exemplification | 第39-43页 |
| ·Office Story I | 第39-41页 |
| ·Office Story II | 第41-43页 |
| CHAPTER 7 LINGUISTIC VARIABILITY AND POTENTIAL LINGUISTIC CHOICES TO CONVEY IMPOLITENESS | 第43-52页 |
| ·Expressive Modes for Impolite Meaning | 第43-47页 |
| ·The Expressing of Semantic Impoliteness | 第44-47页 |
| ·The Expressing of Attitudinal impoliteness | 第47页 |
| ·Manifesting Means of Impolite Meaning | 第47-50页 |
| ·Intonation and Prosody | 第47-48页 |
| ·Words and Phrases | 第48-49页 |
| ·Sentences | 第49-50页 |
| ·The Application of Linguistic Choices conveying impoliteness in Discourses | 第50-52页 |
| CHAPTER 8 LINGUISTIC ADAPTABILITY AND THE PRODUCTION OF UTTERANCES CONVEYING IMPOLITENESS | 第52-70页 |
| ·Adaptation Modelof Linguistic Choices | 第53-57页 |
| ·Improvement and Revision of Verschueren's Adaptation Model | 第53-55页 |
| ·Rules for Employing A daptation Model in Making Linguistic Choices | 第55-57页 |
| ·Explanation of the Production of Impoliteness-Conveying Utterances by Improved Adaptation Model | 第57-67页 |
| ·The Production of Non-strategic Impoliteness | 第57-59页 |
| ·The Production of Strategic Impoliteness | 第59-62页 |
| ·The Production of Impoliteness due to Pragmatic Failures | 第62-67页 |
| ·Unintended Impoliteness Caused by the Selecting of Improper Communicative Strategies | 第63-64页 |
| ·Unintended Impoliteness Caused by the Choosing of Inappropriate Linguistic Expressions | 第64-67页 |
| ·Reflection on Analyzing the Production of Verbal Impoliteness | 第67-70页 |
| CHAPTER 9 CONCLUSION | 第70-72页 |
| ·Findings | 第70页 |
| ·Limitations | 第70-71页 |
| ·Suggestions for Further Studies | 第71-72页 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 第72-74页 |
| APPENDIX | 第74-75页 |
| 承诺书 | 第75页 |
