| Acknowledgements | 第1-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-8页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第8-12页 |
| List of Tables | 第12-13页 |
| Introduction | 第13-18页 |
| ·Background | 第13-15页 |
| ·Statement of the Problem | 第15页 |
| ·Purposes of the Study | 第15-16页 |
| ·Significance of the Study | 第16-17页 |
| ·Organization of the Thesis | 第17-18页 |
| Chapter 1 Literature Review | 第18-37页 |
| ·Previous Studies on Compliment and Compliment Response | 第18-30页 |
| ·Studies on Compliment and Compliment Response in Western Languages | 第18-26页 |
| ·Studies on Compliment and Compliment Response in Chinese | 第26-30页 |
| ·Speech Act Theory | 第30-32页 |
| ·Politeness Theory | 第32-37页 |
| ·Brown and Levinson's Concept of Face | 第32-34页 |
| ·Grice's Cooperative Principle | 第34页 |
| ·Leech's Politeness Principle | 第34-35页 |
| ·Chinese Politeness Principle | 第35-37页 |
| Chapter 2 Methodology | 第37-41页 |
| ·Subjects | 第37页 |
| ·Instrument | 第37-39页 |
| ·Questionnaire Design | 第37-38页 |
| ·Validity of the Instrument | 第38-39页 |
| ·Data Processing | 第39-41页 |
| ·Data Collection | 第39-40页 |
| ·Data Coding | 第40页 |
| ·Data Input | 第40页 |
| ·Data Analysis | 第40-41页 |
| Chapter 3 Results and Discussions | 第41-60页 |
| ·Compliment Response Distribution and Frequency | 第41-52页 |
| ·Compliment Responses of College Students | 第41-44页 |
| ·College Students' Gender Preferences for Compliment Responses | 第44-49页 |
| ·College Students' Compliment Responses in Different Social Situations | 第49-52页 |
| ·Inter-language and Intra-language Comparisons | 第52-55页 |
| ·Comparison of the Frequency and Distribution of Compliment Responses | 第52-54页 |
| ·Comparison of Gender Preferences for Compliment Responses | 第54-55页 |
| ·Comparison of Compliment Responses in Different Social Situations | 第55页 |
| ·Further Analysis | 第55-60页 |
| ·Agreement vs.Modesty:Compliment Response Strategies of College Students | 第55-59页 |
| ·Pedagogical Implications of the Study | 第59-60页 |
| Conclusion | 第60-63页 |
| Conclusions of the Study | 第60-61页 |
| Limitations of the Study | 第61-62页 |
| Suggestions for Further Study | 第62-63页 |
| Bibliography | 第63-64页 |
| Webliography | 第64-65页 |
| Appendix | 第65-68页 |
| 学位论文数据集 | 第68页 |
