| ACKNOWLEDGEMENT | 第6-7页 |
| 英文摘要 | 第7页 |
| Chapter 1． INTRODUCTION | 第8-11页 |
| 1．1 Language and Culture | 第8页 |
| 1．2 Ethnography of Communication | 第8-9页 |
| 1．3 Sociolinguistic Studies on Compliments | 第9-11页 |
| Chapter 2． REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE | 第11-20页 |
| 2．1 Studies on Ethnography of Communication | 第11-14页 |
| 2．1．1 Development of Ethnography of Communication Research | 第11-12页 |
| 2．1．2 Essential Concepts | 第12-13页 |
| 2．1．2．1 The speech community | 第12页 |
| 2．1．2．2 Speech situation, event and act | 第12-13页 |
| 2．1．3 Component of Speech | 第13-14页 |
| 2．1．4 Methodology | 第14页 |
| 2．2 Studies on Compliments | 第14-19页 |
| 2．2．1 Compliment Formulas | 第15-16页 |
| 2．2．2 Compliment Topics | 第16页 |
| 2．2．3 Compliment Responses | 第16-18页 |
| 2．2．4 Compliment Functions | 第18-19页 |
| 2．3 Contrastive Studies on Compliments | 第19-20页 |
| Chapter 3． METHODS OF THE CONTRASTIVE STUDY ON COMPLIMENTS | 第20-25页 |
| 3．1 Definition of Compliments in the Present Study | 第20-21页 |
| 3．2 Scope of Data | 第21-25页 |
| 3．2．1 Various Textbooks for Teaching English and Chinese | 第21页 |
| 3．2．2 The Previous Researches on Compliments in English and in Chinese | 第21页 |
| 3．2．3 Literary Works-----Family Album U．S．A． and Sunrise by Cao Yu | 第21-25页 |
| 3．2．3．1 Sunrise by Cao Yu | 第21-23页 |
| 3．2．3．2 Family Album U．S．A． | 第23-24页 |
| 3．2．3．3 Comparability of the Two Literary Works | 第24-25页 |
| Chapter 4． DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSES | 第25-53页 |
| 4．1 Data Collection and the Preliminary Analyses Concerned | 第25-37页 |
| 4．1．1 Frequency of Compliment Functions Used in the Two Works | 第25-28页 |
| 4．1．2 Frequency of Compliment Responses Used in the Two Works | 第28-33页 |
| 4．1．3 Compliment Formulas and Contents in the Two Works | 第33-37页 |
| 4．2 Further Analyses | 第37-53页 |
| 4．2．1 Functional Analyses of English and Chinese Compliments | 第37-41页 |
| 4．2．1．1 Functions of English compliments | 第37-40页 |
| 4．2．1．2 Functions of Chinese compliments | 第40-41页 |
| 4．2．2 Diversities of English and Chinese Compliments Responses | 第41-48页 |
| 4．2．2．1 English compliment responses | 第41-45页 |
| 4．2．2．2 Chinese compliment responses | 第45-48页 |
| 4．2．3 Distinctions Between the Formulas Used in English and in Chinese | 第48-50页 |
| 4．2．4 Difference in the Content Involved in Compliments in the Two Languages | 第50-53页 |
| Chapter 5． DISCUSSION | 第53-60页 |
| 5．1 Influence of Beliefs on Chinese Compliments | 第53-56页 |
| 1． Modesty | 第53-54页 |
| 2． Collectivism | 第54-55页 |
| 3． Reserve | 第55页 |
| 4． Other Factors | 第55-56页 |
| 5．2 Influence of Beliefs on English Compliments | 第56-57页 |
| 1． Individualism | 第56页 |
| 2． Mutual Respect and Acknowledgement | 第56-57页 |
| 3． Others | 第57页 |
| 5．3 Historical Influence on Chinese and English Beliefs | 第57-58页 |
| 5．4 Conclusion | 第58-60页 |
| BIBLIOGRAPGHY | 第60-63页 |
