| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-8页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第8-10页 |
| Alist of Tables and Figures | 第10-15页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第15-25页 |
| ·Rationale of the Study | 第15-22页 |
| ·Background | 第15-18页 |
| ·Rationale of the Research | 第18-22页 |
| ·Research Objectives | 第22页 |
| ·Methodology and Data for the Research | 第22-23页 |
| ·The Organization of the Dissertation | 第23-25页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第25-35页 |
| ·Introduction | 第25-26页 |
| ·The Theory of Pragmatic Relativity and Diversity | 第26-27页 |
| ·The Contrastive Study of Indirect and Direct Interaction and Discourse Organization styles | 第27-31页 |
| ·Theories of Culture as a Theoretical Variable in Explaining the Differences in Interaction and Discourse Organization Styles of Chinese and American Cultures | 第31-35页 |
| Chapter 3 Variations of Pragmatic Convention Between/Among Cultures | 第35-53页 |
| ·Introduction | 第35页 |
| ·Pragmatic Relativity and Pragmatic Diversity | 第35-38页 |
| ·Pragmatic Transfer, Pragmatic Conventions, and Pragmatic Failure | 第38-45页 |
| ·Pragmatic Transfer | 第38-39页 |
| ·Sociopragmatic and Pragmalinguistic Conventions | 第39-40页 |
| ·Sociopragmatic and Pragmalinguistic Failures | 第40-45页 |
| ·Consequences of Diversity of Pragmatic Conventions Between Cultures | 第45-48页 |
| ·Indirect and Direct Interaction and Discourse Styles as Pragmatic Conventions | 第48-53页 |
| Chapter 4 The Chinese Preference of Indirect Interaction Style vs. Americans’ Preference of Direct Interaction Style | 第53-87页 |
| ·Introduction | 第53-54页 |
| ·The Chinese Indirect Interaction Style vs. Americans’Direct Interaction Style | 第54-72页 |
| ·Indirect vs. Direct Requests: The Chinese Frame-Main Sequencing vs. Americans’Main-Frame Sequencing | 第54-63页 |
| ·Requesting Others to Do Things: Facework/Justification-Request Sequence vs. Request-Justification Sequence | 第55-57页 |
| ·Requesting People for Something:Facework-Justifications/Reasons-Request Sequence vs.Request-Justifications/Reasons Sequence | 第57-63页 |
| ·Implicit vs. Explicit Requests | 第63-72页 |
| ·The Chinese Indirect Facework Strategies vs. Americans’Direct Facework Strategies in Conflict Negotiation and Resolution | 第72-87页 |
| ·Direct Facework Strategies in Requesting and Giving Face in the Chinese Context | 第75-76页 |
| ·Indirect Facework Strategies in Conflict Negotiation and Resolution in the Chinese Context | 第76-78页 |
| ·Analysis | 第78-82页 |
| ·Direct Facework Strategies in Negotiating and Resolving Conflict in the American Context | 第82-87页 |
| Chapter 5 The Chinese Indirect Style vs. Americans’Direct Style in Discourse Organization | 第87-107页 |
| ·Introduction | 第87-89页 |
| ·The Chinese Indirect vs. Americans’Direct Discourse Organizations | 第89-98页 |
| ·Essay Writing | 第89-92页 |
| ·Indirect/Inductive Style in Essay Writing in English by the Chinese | 第89-91页 |
| ·Direct/Deductive Style in Essay Writing by the Americans | 第91-92页 |
| ·Abstract Writing | 第92-98页 |
| ·Argument Styles | 第98-107页 |
| ·Indirect Argument Style or Configural Logic Mode in the Reasoning Process of Chinese Discourses | 第99-101页 |
| ·Configural Logic Mode | 第99页 |
| ·Configural Logic | 第99-101页 |
| ·Direct Argument Style or Linear Logic Mode in the Reasoning Process in the Americans’Discourses | 第101-107页 |
| ·Linear Logic Mode | 第101-103页 |
| ·Toulmin Model | 第103-107页 |
| Chapter 6 A Framework, with Culture as a Variable, for Explaining the Differences in Interaction and Discourse Organization Styles of Chinese and American Cultures | 第107-129页 |
| ·Introduction | 第107-108页 |
| ·A Framework for Explaining the Differences in Interaction and Discourse Organization | 第108-122页 |
| ·Culture as a Theoretical Explanatory Variable for Cross-cultural Communication and Values as the Core of Culture | 第109-112页 |
| ·Communication at the Cultural-Level: the Variables of Individualism-Collectivism | 第112-118页 |
| ·Communication at the Individual Level: the Variables of Interdependence and Independence | 第118-122页 |
| ·Differences in Concept of Self and Self-Expressions in Chinese and American Cultures | 第122-126页 |
| ·Culture-Specific Pragmatic and Discourse Conventions | 第126-129页 |
| Chapter 7 Conclusion | 第129-136页 |
| ·Summary of Major Findings and Contributions | 第129-131页 |
| ·Implications and Applications | 第131-133页 |
| ·Limitations and Suggestions for Further Research | 第133-136页 |
| Bibliography | 第136-145页 |
| Appendices | 第145-163页 |
| Appendix 1 English Essay of a Chinese Student: Art Has Passed Its Prime | 第145-147页 |
| Appendix 2 Essay of an American Student: Struggle in America | 第147-148页 |
| Appendix 3 Abstracts from Intercultural Communication Studies Volume X: 2 | 第148-153页 |
| Appendix 4 Abstracts from Intercultural Communication Studies Volume XI: 3 | 第153-159页 |
| Appendix 5 Abstracts from Intercultural Communication Studies Volume XII: 2 | 第159-163页 |
