| Abstract | 第1-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-10页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第10-15页 |
| Chapter 2 Rationale of some Relevant Theories | 第15-30页 |
| ·The Speech Act of Requesting | 第15-16页 |
| ·The Politeness of Indirect Requests | 第16-19页 |
| ·The Co-Operative Principle | 第19页 |
| ·Politeness and Face Work | 第19-25页 |
| ·Leech and His Politeness Principle | 第20-22页 |
| ·Brown & Levinson and Face Work Theory | 第22-25页 |
| ·Face and Politeness in English and Chinese Context | 第25-30页 |
| Chapter 3 Request Strategy Between English and Chinese | 第30-39页 |
| ·The Types of Request Strategy | 第30-34页 |
| ·The Main Difference in Request Strategy | 第34-36页 |
| ·Cultural Values Influencing Request and Request Responses | 第36-39页 |
| Chapter 4 Request Perspective Between English and Chinese | 第39-45页 |
| ·Prominence Devices of Request | 第39-42页 |
| ·The Main Difference in Request Perspective | 第42-45页 |
| Chapter 5 Request Modification Between English and Chinese | 第45-57页 |
| ·Request Modification | 第45-49页 |
| ·Internal Modification | 第46-48页 |
| ·Syntactic Downgraders | 第46页 |
| ·Lexical/Phrasal Downgraders | 第46-47页 |
| ·Intensifiers | 第47-48页 |
| ·External Modification | 第48-49页 |
| ·The Main Difference in Request Modification | 第49-57页 |
| Chapter 6 Conclusion | 第57-59页 |
| Bibliography | 第59-62页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第62页 |
