| 摘要 | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-10页 |
| List of Tables | 第10-11页 |
| List of Figures | 第11-12页 |
| List of Appendices | 第12-13页 |
| Abbreviations | 第13-14页 |
| Introduction | 第14-17页 |
| Chapter 1 Literature Review | 第17-41页 |
| ·Compliments and Compliment Responses(CRs) | 第17-27页 |
| ·Sentence and Semantic Patterns of Compliments | 第18-21页 |
| ·Compliment Strategies | 第21-23页 |
| ·Compliment Topics and Functions | 第23-24页 |
| ·Different Types of CRs | 第24-27页 |
| ·Cross-cultural Variation with Reference to Chinese and English CRs | 第27-31页 |
| ·Gender-based Compliments and CRS | 第31-32页 |
| ·Previous Studies on the Effects of Instruction on English Compliments and compliment responses | 第32-39页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第39-41页 |
| Chapter 2 Methodology | 第41-53页 |
| ·Participants and the Research Setting | 第41-43页 |
| ·Instrumentation | 第43-47页 |
| ·Materials Development | 第47-48页 |
| ·The Treatments | 第48-49页 |
| ·Coding for the DCT Data | 第49-53页 |
| Chapter 3 Results | 第53-81页 |
| ·Results of the Acquisition of Compliment Strategies | 第54-61页 |
| ·Results of the Acquisition of Compliment Response Strategies | 第61-78页 |
| ·The General Pattern of CRs at the Macro Level by Group | 第61-64页 |
| ·The General Pattern of CRs at the Macro Level by Gender | 第64-68页 |
| ·The Subcategories of CRs at the Micro Level | 第68-78页 |
| ·Results of CRs at the Micro Level by Group | 第68-71页 |
| ·Results of CRs at the Micro Level by Gender | 第71-78页 |
| ·Summary of Results | 第78-81页 |
| Chapter 4 Discussion | 第81-90页 |
| ·The Effects of Explicit Instruction on Compliment and CRs Development | 第81-86页 |
| ·Gender Differences in the ILP Development | 第86-90页 |
| Conclusion | 第90-98页 |
| Bibliography | 第98-111页 |
| Appendices | 第111-139页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第139-141页 |
| 攻读学位期间主要的研究成果 | 第141页 |
