| 中文摘要 | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-10页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第10-18页 |
| ·About refusals and indirect refusals | 第11-16页 |
| ·The characteristics of refusals | 第11-12页 |
| ·The kinds of indirect refusals | 第12-13页 |
| ·The generation of indirect refusals | 第13-16页 |
| ·Significance of the study | 第16-17页 |
| ·Organization of the thesis | 第17-18页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第18-24页 |
| ·Previous studies abroad | 第18-20页 |
| ·Previous studies at home | 第20-23页 |
| ·Three layers of refusal speech act:Central Speech Act, Auxiliary Speech Act and Microunit | 第20-21页 |
| ·Refusal expressions based on sentential and contextual levels | 第21-22页 |
| ·Primary speech act and secondary speech act | 第22-23页 |
| ·Summary | 第23-24页 |
| Chapter 3 Theoretical Framework | 第24-32页 |
| ·Indirect speech act theory | 第24-27页 |
| ·The disparity of form and function | 第26页 |
| ·The refusal function of other speech acts | 第26-27页 |
| ·The theory of conversational implicature and co-operational principles | 第27-28页 |
| ·Politeness theory and face-saving view | 第28-32页 |
| ·Leech's politeness principle | 第29-30页 |
| ·Brown & Levinson's face-saving theory | 第30-32页 |
| ·Face | 第30-31页 |
| ·Face-threatening acts | 第31-32页 |
| Chapter 4 Investigation Method | 第32-35页 |
| ·On the multiple-choice questionnaire | 第32-33页 |
| ·The Instrument of the design | 第32-33页 |
| ·The Subjects of the investigation | 第33页 |
| ·Appropriateness of the questionnaire design | 第33-35页 |
| Chpter 5 Results and discussion | 第35-43页 |
| ·Refusal strategies applying in the questionnaire responses according to the conventional classification | 第35-39页 |
| ·Direct refusals | 第35-36页 |
| ·Indirect refusals | 第36-38页 |
| ·Adjuncts | 第38-39页 |
| ·Data analysis | 第39-41页 |
| ·Discussions | 第41-43页 |
| Chapter 6 Conclusion | 第43-53页 |
| ·Major Findings:Deliberate violation of cooperative maxims to express indirect refusals | 第43-51页 |
| ·Violating Quantity Maxim to make refusals | 第43-44页 |
| ·Insufficient information | 第43-44页 |
| ·Oversupplied information | 第44页 |
| ·Violating Quality Maxim to make refusals | 第44-48页 |
| ·Telling "lies" | 第45-46页 |
| ·Applying to figures of speech | 第46-48页 |
| ·Violating Relation Maxim to make refusals | 第48-49页 |
| ·Violating Manner Maxim to make refusals | 第49-51页 |
| ·Limitations and expectation | 第51-53页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第53-54页 |
| Bibliography | 第54-56页 |
| Appendix | 第56-58页 |
