| PART ONE INTRODUCTION | 第1-9页 |
| PART TWO THE AIM OF STUDY AND METHODOLOGY | 第9-12页 |
| PART THREE AN OVERVIEW OF POLITE THEORIES | 第12-23页 |
| ·GRICE'S THEORY | 第12-13页 |
| ·LEETH'S THEORY | 第13-15页 |
| ·BROWN AND LEVINSON'S THEORY | 第15-19页 |
| ·CHINESE SCHOLARS' THEORIES | 第19-23页 |
| PART FOUR ENGLISH AN CHINESE POLITENESS AND THEIR INTERACTION | 第23-56页 |
| ·ADDRESSES | 第23-28页 |
| ·The Addresses between intimate people | 第23-25页 |
| ·Addresses between people with the same social status | 第25-27页 |
| ·Addresses between people with the different social status | 第27-28页 |
| ·The self addresses | 第28页 |
| ·GREETINGS AND PARTINGS | 第28-33页 |
| ·All-time greetings | 第29-30页 |
| ·Real-time greetings | 第30-32页 |
| ·Partings | 第32-33页 |
| ·COMPLIMENTS | 第33-39页 |
| ·Forms | 第33-34页 |
| ·Topics | 第34-35页 |
| ·F unction and distribution | 第35-36页 |
| ·R esponses | 第36-39页 |
| ·INVITING AND OFFERING | 第39-42页 |
| ·MAKING REQUESTS AND REFUSAL | 第42-53页 |
| ·Making requests | 第42-45页 |
| ·Refusal | 第45-47页 |
| ·E XPRESSING THANKS AND APOLOGIES | 第47页 |
| ·Expressing thanks | 第47-50页 |
| ·Expressing apologies | 第50-53页 |
| ·INTERACTION BETWEEN CHINESE POLITENESS AND ENGLISH POLITENESS | 第53-56页 |
| PART FIVE THE OTHER FACTORS INFLUENCING POLITENESS | 第56-61页 |
| PART SIX CONCLUSION | 第61-63页 |
| ACKNOWLEDGMENTS | 第63-65页 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 第65-68页 |
| PUBLICATION | 第68页 |
