| Introduction | 第1-10页 |
| Chapter Ⅰ Approaches to Politeness | 第10-15页 |
| 1 The sociolinguistic approach to politeness | 第10-11页 |
| 1．1 Politeness as etiquette | 第10-11页 |
| 1．2 Politeness as deference | 第11页 |
| 1．3 Politeness as register | 第11页 |
| 2 The pragmatic approach to politeness | 第11-15页 |
| 2．1 Conversational-maxim view | 第12-13页 |
| 2．2 Conversational-contract view | 第13-15页 |
| Chapter Ⅱ Face Theory: The Theoretical Framework for the Thesis | 第15-28页 |
| 1 The concept of face | 第15-16页 |
| 2 Face threatening acts （FTAs） | 第16-18页 |
| 3 Politeness strategies | 第18-26页 |
| 3．1 Positive politeness: Doing the FTA with positive redress | 第18-20页 |
| 3．2 Negative politeness: Doing the FTA with negative redress | 第20-25页 |
| 3．3 Off record: Doing the FTA off record | 第25-26页 |
| 4 Face theory in studies | 第26-28页 |
| Chapter Ⅲ Face and FTAs in the Preface | 第28-31页 |
| 1 The preface | 第28-29页 |
| 2 Face and FTAs in the preface | 第29-31页 |
| Chapter Ⅳ A Qualitative Research | 第31-44页 |
| 1 The objective of the research | 第31页 |
| 2 Methods of the research | 第31-33页 |
| 2．1 Methods for collecting the prefaces | 第31-32页 |
| 2．2 Methods for collecting the data of politeness strategies | 第32-33页 |
| 3 The result of the research | 第33-42页 |
| 3．1 Politeness strategies saving E&C's face | 第33-38页 |
| 3．1．1 Positive politeness strategies | 第33-35页 |
| 3．1．2 Negative politeness strategies | 第35-38页 |
| 3．2 Politeness strategies saving GR's face | 第38-40页 |
| 3．2．1 Positive politeness strategies | 第38-39页 |
| 3．2．2 Negative politeness strategies | 第39-40页 |
| 3．3 Politeness strategies saving both E&C's and GR's face | 第40-42页 |
| 3．3．1 Be indirect in talking about the value of the books | 第40-41页 |
| 3．3．2 Use hedges in talking about the merits of the books | 第41页 |
| 3．3．3 Include both S and H in the activity | 第41-42页 |
| 4 Interpretation of the research result | 第42-44页 |
| Chapter Ⅴ A Quantitative Research | 第44-53页 |
| 1 The purpose of the research | 第44页 |
| 2 Methods of the research | 第44-45页 |
| 3 The result of the research | 第45-50页 |
| 4 Summing up the research | 第50-53页 |
| Chapter Ⅵ Cultural Factors Influencing the Use of Politeness Strategies in the Preface | 第53-59页 |
| 1 Different concepts of politeness | 第53-54页 |
| 2 Different attitudes to others' views | 第54-55页 |
| 3 Different social structures | 第55-56页 |
| 4 Different personality, psychology, value orientation and education and publication systems | 第56-59页 |
| Conclusion | 第59-61页 |
| Bibliography | 第61-66页 |
| Appendix | 第66-72页 |
| The Author's Articles That Have Been Published | 第72页 |
