| Acknowledgements | 第1-4页 |
| Abstract (English) | 第4-6页 |
| Abstract (Chinese) | 第6-9页 |
| Introduction | 第9-12页 |
| Chapter One A Review of Some Related Literature | 第12-21页 |
| ·Speech Act Theories | 第12-14页 |
| ·Politeness Theories | 第14-17页 |
| ·Thomas’View of Indirectness | 第17-18页 |
| ·Relevance Theories | 第18-20页 |
| ·Summary | 第20-21页 |
| Chapter Two Factors of Indirect Language Production | 第21-36页 |
| ·Criteria of Indirect Language | 第21-24页 |
| ·Meaning-based or Act-based | 第21-22页 |
| ·Sentence Meaning and Utterance Meaning | 第22-24页 |
| ·The Process of Indirectness Production | 第24-26页 |
| ·Psychological Factors of Indirect Language Production | 第26-28页 |
| ·Intrinsic Factors Measuring Indirectness Production | 第28-36页 |
| ·The Social Distance and Personal Relationship Between the Speaker and the Hearer | 第28-31页 |
| ·Size of Imposition | 第31-32页 |
| ·Rights and Obligation | 第32-33页 |
| ·The Age, Social Background and Character of the Speaker | 第33-36页 |
| Chapter Three Motivation Analysis of Indirect Language Production | 第36-56页 |
| ·The Term “Motivation” | 第36-38页 |
| ·Conscious Motivation of Indirect Language Production | 第38-55页 |
| ·Showing Politeness | 第38-40页 |
| ·Making the Language More Vivid and Impressive | 第40-42页 |
| ·Metaphor | 第40-41页 |
| ·Irony | 第41-42页 |
| ·Avoiding Taboo Words | 第42-44页 |
| ·Excluding the Irrelevant Party from Understanding the Speech | 第44-46页 |
| ·Meeting the need for Esteem | 第46-47页 |
| ·Communicating Affections | 第47-49页 |
| ·Hiding Information Purposely | 第49-50页 |
| ·Performing Varied Illocutionary or Perlocutionary Forces | 第50-52页 |
| ·Declaring One’s Position | 第52-53页 |
| ·Avoiding Committing Social Error | 第53-55页 |
| ·Summary | 第55-56页 |
| Chapter Four Conclusion and Implication | 第56-62页 |
| ·Conclusion of the Study | 第56-57页 |
| ·Implications from the Study for English Teaching | 第57-62页 |
| Bibliography | 第62-64页 |
