| Acknowledgements | 第1-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-9页 |
| Abstract | 第9-13页 |
| Chapter One INTRODUCTION | 第13-19页 |
| ·Definition and classification of honey words | 第13-14页 |
| ·Definition of honey words | 第13-14页 |
| ·Classification of honey words users | 第14页 |
| ·Motivation of the study | 第14-17页 |
| ·Purpose and significance of the study | 第17-18页 |
| ·Organization of the paper | 第18-19页 |
| Chapter Two LITERATURE REVIEW | 第19-33页 |
| ·Politeness theories | 第19-22页 |
| ·Brown and Levinson’s FTAs | 第19-20页 |
| ·Leech’s politeness principle | 第20-21页 |
| ·Politeness studies in Chinese context | 第21-22页 |
| ·Grice’s Cooperative Principle | 第22-24页 |
| ·Cooperative Principle research in China | 第22-23页 |
| ·Cooperative Principle research out of China | 第23-24页 |
| ·Contextual correlates of adaptability | 第24-25页 |
| ·Social exchange theory | 第25-26页 |
| ·Symbolic interactionism | 第26-28页 |
| ·Previous studies on honey words | 第28-31页 |
| ·Comment on previous studies | 第31-33页 |
| Chapter Three INTERACTIONAL SOCIOLINGUISTIC INTERPRETATION OF HONEY WORDS | 第33-44页 |
| ·Cooperative Principles and honey words | 第33-36页 |
| ·Violation of Quality Maxim | 第34页 |
| ·Violation of Quantity Maxim | 第34-35页 |
| ·Violation of Relevance Maxim | 第35页 |
| ·Violation of Manner Maxim | 第35-36页 |
| ·Politeness Principle and honey words | 第36-40页 |
| ·Leech’s Politeness principle and honey words | 第36-37页 |
| ·Brown & Levinson’s face-saving theory (FST) | 第37-39页 |
| ·Brown and Levinson’s FTAs | 第37-38页 |
| ·Positive politeness strategies & off-record strategies | 第38-39页 |
| ·Gu Yueguo’s idea on politeness | 第39-40页 |
| ·Adaptation theory and honey words | 第40-43页 |
| ·Summary | 第43-44页 |
| Chapter Four PSYCHOLOGICAL SOCIOLINGUISTIC INTERPRETATION OF HONEY WORDS | 第44-51页 |
| ·Social Exchange Theory and honey words | 第44-47页 |
| ·Social Exchange Theory | 第44-46页 |
| ·Interpretation of honey words against Social Exchange Theory | 第46-47页 |
| ·Symbolic interactionism and honey words | 第47-51页 |
| ·Symbolic interactionism | 第47-48页 |
| ·Interpretation of honey words against symbolic interactionism | 第48-51页 |
| Chapter Five CONCLUSION | 第51-54页 |
| ·Major findings of the paper | 第51-52页 |
| ·Possible social significances and limitations | 第52-54页 |
| Bibliography | 第54-58页 |
| Appendix A | 第58-63页 |
| Appendix B 攻读硕士学位期间科研情况 | 第63-64页 |
