Acknowledgements | 第1-5 Abstract | 第5-7 内容摘要 | 第7-11 Introduction | 第11-14 0.1 Background of the Study | 第11-12 0.2 Significance of the Study | 第12 0.3 Layout of the Thesis | 第12-14 Chapter 1 Literature Review | 第14-23 1.1 Research of Gender Differences Abroad | 第14-18 1.1.1 The Original Study (at the beginning of the 20th century) | 第14-15 1.1.2 Gender as an Independent Subject in Communication (in the 1960s) | 第15-16 1.1.3 The Prosperity (between 1975 and 1980) | 第16-17 1.1.4 The Systematic Study (after the 1980s) | 第17-18 1.1.5 Comment on the Study Abroad | 第18 1.2 Research of Gender Differences in China | 第18-23 1.2.1 Survey of the Research | 第18-21 1.2.2 Comment on the Research in China | 第21-23 Chapter 2 Theoretical Framework | 第23-27 2.1 Speech Act Theory | 第23-24 2.2 The Cooperative Principle | 第24 2.3 The Politeness Principle | 第24-25 2.4 Face Theory | 第25-27 Chapter 3 Pragmatic Study of Gender Differences In Jane Eyre and A Dream of Red Mansions | 第27-80 3.1 Methodology | 第27-28 3.1.1 Research Questions | 第27 3.1.2 Methodology | 第27-28 3.2 Application of Speech Act to the Fictions | 第28-40 3.2.1 Gender Differences in Addressing | 第28-36 3.2.2 Gender Differences in Requesting | 第36-40 3.3 Application of the CP to the Fictions | 第40-53 3.3.1 Observing or Flouting the Maxim of Quantity | 第40-44 3.3.2 Observing or Flouting the Maxim of Relation | 第44-47 3.3.3 Observing or Flouting the Maxim of Quality | 第47-50 3.3.4 Observing or Flouting the Maxim of Manner | 第50-53 3.4 Application of the PP to the Fictions | 第53-74 3.4.1 Observing or Flouting the Tact Maxim and Generosity Maxim | 第54-58 3.4.2 Observing or Flouting the Approbation Maxim and Modesty Maxim | 第58-64 3.4.3 Observing or Flouting the Maxim Agreement Maxim | 第64-70 3.4.4 Observing or Flouting the Maxim Sympathy Maxim | 第70-74 3.5 Application of the Face Theory to the Fictions | 第74-80 Chapter 4 Discussion | 第80-88 4.1 Causes of Gender Differences | 第80-84 4.1.1 Dominance Approach | 第80-82 4.1.2 Difference Approach | 第82-83 4.1.3 Psychological Approach | 第83-84 4.2 Results of Gender Differences | 第84-88 4.2.1 Miscommunication | 第84-85 4.2.2 Inequality in classrooms | 第85-86 4.2.3 Inequality in work | 第86-88 Conclusion | 第88-91 5.1 Summary | 第88-89 5.2 Limitations | 第89 5.3 Suggestions | 第89-91 Bibliography | 第91-95 Publications | 第95页 |