| Acknowledgements | 第4-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-7页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第7-8页 |
| Chapter One INTRODUCTION | 第12-16页 |
| 1.1 Research Background | 第12-14页 |
| 1.2 Objective and Significance of the Study | 第14-15页 |
| 1.3 Thesis Organization | 第15-16页 |
| Chapter Two LITERATURE REVIEW AND THEORETICAL BASIS | 第16-38页 |
| 2.1 Language Transfer | 第16-27页 |
| 2.1.1 Definitions of language transfer | 第16-18页 |
| 2.1.2 Studies on forward transfer at home and abroad | 第18-22页 |
| 2.1.3 Studies on backward transfer at home and abroad | 第22-27页 |
| 2.2 General Review of studies on Compliments and Compliment Responses | 第27-33页 |
| 2.2.1 Definition of Compliments and Compliment Responses | 第27-28页 |
| 2.2.2 Studies on Compliments and Compliment Responses abroad | 第28-31页 |
| 2.2.3 Studies on Compliments and Compliment Responses at home | 第31-33页 |
| 2.3 Theoretical Basis | 第33-38页 |
| 2.3.1 The Multi-competence Theory | 第33-35页 |
| 2.3.2 The Integration Continuum | 第35-38页 |
| Chapter Three METHODOLOGY | 第38-44页 |
| 3.1 Research Questions | 第38-39页 |
| 3.2 Research Subjects | 第39-41页 |
| 3.3 Instrument and Data Collection | 第41-44页 |
| Chapter Four DATAANALYSIS | 第44-57页 |
| 4.1 Overall Results | 第44-46页 |
| 4.2 The Relation between L2 English Proficiency and Backward Transfer | 第46-54页 |
| 4.2.1 Major and backward transfer | 第46-50页 |
| 4.2.2 English learning time and backward transfer | 第50-51页 |
| 4.2.3 Self-rating score and backward transfer | 第51-54页 |
| 4.3 Discussion | 第54-57页 |
| Chapter Five CONCLUSION | 第57-66页 |
| 5.1 Major Findings | 第57-58页 |
| 5.2 Implications of the study | 第58-61页 |
| 5.3 Limitations and recommendation | 第61-66页 |
| Works Cited | 第66-70页 |
| Appendix I | 第70-73页 |
| PUBLISHED PAPERS | 第73页 |