| Abstract | 第1-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-10页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第10-13页 |
| ·The Objective of the Research | 第10-11页 |
| ·Significance and Structure of the Research | 第11-13页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review and Theoretical Framework | 第13-33页 |
| ·Politeness Principle | 第13-24页 |
| ·Brown and Levinson’s Face Theory | 第14-17页 |
| ·Leech’s Politeness Principle | 第17-20页 |
| ·Absolute Politeness and Relative Politeness | 第18-20页 |
| ·Criticism of Leech’s Politeness Principle | 第20页 |
| ·A Comparative Analysis of Politeness Domestically and Abroad | 第20-24页 |
| ·Similarities | 第20-22页 |
| ·Differences | 第22-24页 |
| ·Speech Act and Thanking | 第24-28页 |
| ·Universality VersusCulture-Specificity of Speech Acts | 第24页 |
| ·The Speech Act of Thanking | 第24-25页 |
| ·Classification of Thanking | 第25-28页 |
| ·Cultural Orientations and Differences in Thanking | 第28-33页 |
| ·The Four Constructs of Individualism and Collectivism in Triandis' Theory | 第28-30页 |
| ·Thanking in China | 第30-31页 |
| ·Thanking in US | 第31-33页 |
| Chapter 3 A Comparative Analysis of Thanking between Chinese and American | 第33-59页 |
| ·Data Collection | 第33-35页 |
| ·Validity of the Data | 第33-34页 |
| ·Method of Data Collection | 第34-35页 |
| ·Research Methodology | 第35页 |
| ·Results | 第35-38页 |
| ·Data Analysis | 第38-59页 |
| ·Thanking under Politeness Principle in Crossover | 第38-50页 |
| ·Tact and Thanking | 第38-44页 |
| ·Approbation and Thanking | 第44-47页 |
| ·Modesty and Thanking | 第47-48页 |
| ·Agreement and Thanking | 第48-50页 |
| ·Thanking under Politeness Principle in The Ellen Degeneres Show | 第50-56页 |
| ·Tact and Thanking | 第50-53页 |
| ·Approbation and Thanking | 第53-55页 |
| ·Modesty and Thanking | 第55页 |
| ·Agreement and Thanking | 第55-56页 |
| ·Comparison and Reasons | 第56-59页 |
| ·Tact Maxim between Chinese and American | 第56-57页 |
| ·Approbation Maxim between Chinese and American | 第57页 |
| ·Modesty Maxim between Chinese and American | 第57-58页 |
| ·Agreement Maxim between Chinese and American | 第58-59页 |
| Chapter 4 Conclusion | 第59-63页 |
| ·Major Findings and Implications | 第59-60页 |
| ·Limitations | 第60-61页 |
| ·Teaching Suggestions | 第61-63页 |
| Bibliography | 第63-67页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第67页 |
