| ABSTRACT | 第1-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-9页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第9-13页 |
| ·Rationale for the Study | 第9-11页 |
| ·Research Problems | 第11-12页 |
| ·Layout of the Thesis | 第12-13页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第13-26页 |
| ·Politeness in Terms of Maxims and Politeness as Face-Saving | 第14-19页 |
| ·Lakoff's View on Politeness | 第14-15页 |
| ·Leech's Politeness Principle | 第15-16页 |
| ·Brown and Levinson's Face-Saving View of Politeness | 第16-19页 |
| ·Development of Politeness Theory in China | 第19-22页 |
| ·Review on Studies of A Dream of Red Mansions | 第22-25页 |
| ·Summary | 第25-26页 |
| Chapter 3 Research Method | 第26-31页 |
| ·Directive Coding Scheme (DCS) | 第26-29页 |
| ·Discourse Directive Levels (DDL) | 第29-30页 |
| ·Cross-Cultural Comparison | 第30-31页 |
| Chapter 4 Analysis on the Directives in A Dream of Red Mansions | 第31-59页 |
| ·Trend of Strategy Use | 第31-33页 |
| ·Strategy Employment in Different Groups | 第33-38页 |
| ·Mitigation Devices | 第38-53页 |
| ·Terms of Address | 第39-44页 |
| ·Rhetoric Devices | 第44-47页 |
| ·Internal Modification or Lexical Downgrader | 第47-51页 |
| ·External Modification or Subsidiary Moves | 第51-53页 |
| ·Cross-Cultural Comparison of Perceived Politeness | 第53-59页 |
| ·No Response | 第54-56页 |
| ·Alternative Responses | 第56-59页 |
| Chapter 5 Reconsidering Politeness Strategies in a BroadPerspective | 第59-65页 |
| ·A Broad Perspective on Speech Acts | 第59-63页 |
| ·Indirectness and Politeness | 第63-65页 |
| Chapter 6 Conclusion | 第65-67页 |
| Bibliography | 第67-71页 |
| Appendix | 第71-79页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第79-80页 |
| Published Thesis | 第80页 |
