| 摘要 | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-9页 |
| Introduction | 第9-12页 |
| Chapter 1 Literature Review | 第12-26页 |
| ·Definitions of Refusal | 第12-14页 |
| ·Classifications of Refusal | 第14-18页 |
| ·Current Researches into Refusal | 第18-26页 |
| ·The Cross-cultural Approach | 第18-22页 |
| ·The Second Language Acquisition Approach | 第22-23页 |
| ·The Pragmatic Approach | 第23-26页 |
| Chapter 2 Theoretical Foundation | 第26-37页 |
| ·Speech Act Theory | 第26-27页 |
| ·Politeness Theory | 第27-28页 |
| ·Adaptation Theory | 第28-35页 |
| ·Four Angles of Investigation | 第29-31页 |
| ·About Linguistic Choice-making | 第31-33页 |
| ·Three Related Key Notions in the Adaptation Theory | 第33-35页 |
| ·Summary | 第35-37页 |
| Chapter 3 The Variability of English Refusal | 第37-48页 |
| ·Characteristics of Refusal | 第37-39页 |
| ·The Nature of Refusal | 第37-38页 |
| ·The Cause of Refusal | 第38页 |
| ·The Target of Refusal | 第38-39页 |
| ·The Variability shown in English Refusals | 第39-48页 |
| ·Variability | 第39-40页 |
| ·The Semantic Formula of English Refusal | 第40-41页 |
| ·The Variability in the Semantic Formulae of English Refusal | 第41-48页 |
| ·The Variability of Head Acts | 第42-46页 |
| ·The Variability of Supportive Moves | 第46-48页 |
| Chapter 4 The Adaptability of English Refusal | 第48-73页 |
| ·Adaptability | 第48-49页 |
| ·The Dynamics of Adaptation | 第49-50页 |
| ·English Refusals as Realization of Adaptation | 第50-73页 |
| ·Adaptation to the Language Users | 第52-54页 |
| ·Adaptation to the Utterer's Voices | 第52-53页 |
| ·Adaptation to the Interpreter | 第53-54页 |
| ·Adaptation to the Mental World | 第54-64页 |
| ·Adaptation to the Utterer's Intention | 第55-59页 |
| ·Adaptation to the Utterer's Personality Traits | 第59-61页 |
| ·Adaptation to the Utterer's Emotion | 第61-62页 |
| ·Adaptation to the Interpreter's Emotion | 第62-64页 |
| ·Adaptation to the Interpreter's Wishes | 第64页 |
| ·Adaptation to the Social World | 第64-70页 |
| ·Adaptation to the Language Users' Social Positions | 第65-67页 |
| ·Adaptation to the Social Distance | 第67-69页 |
| ·Adaptation to the Cultural Conventions | 第69-70页 |
| ·Adaptation to the Physical World | 第70-73页 |
| Conclusion | 第73-75页 |
| Bibliography | 第75-79页 |
| Appendix | 第79-80页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第80-81页 |
