| 摘要 | 第6-8页 |
| Abstract | 第8-10页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第11-15页 |
| Abbreviations | 第15-17页 |
| Chapter One INTRODUCTION | 第17-22页 |
| 1.1 Object of the Study | 第17-18页 |
| 1.2 Need for the Study | 第18-19页 |
| 1.3 Aims of the Study | 第19-20页 |
| 1.4 Outline of the Thesis | 第20-22页 |
| Chapter Two LITERATURE REVIEW | 第22-35页 |
| 2.1 Definition of Jian | 第22-26页 |
| 2.2 Typology of Jian | 第26-29页 |
| 2.3 Previous Studies on Jian in Adjacent Disciplines | 第29-30页 |
| 2.4 Studies of Speech Acts in Historical Pragmatics | 第30-34页 |
| 2.5 Summary | 第34-35页 |
| Chapter Three THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK | 第35-44页 |
| 3.1 Speech Act | 第35-38页 |
| 3.1.1 Definition and categorization of speech acts | 第35-37页 |
| 3.1.2 Critical analysis of the SAT framework | 第37-38页 |
| 3.2 Face Threatening Act | 第38-41页 |
| 3.2.1 Face theory: Face, FTA and strategies for doing FTAs | 第38-40页 |
| 3.2.2 Critical analysis of the FTA framework | 第40-41页 |
| 3.3 Jian as a Power Threatening Act | 第41-44页 |
| 3.3.1 (Absolute) Power and Power Threatening Act | 第41-42页 |
| 3.3.2 Analytic framework for jian as a PTA | 第42-44页 |
| Chapter Four METHODOLOGY | 第44-61页 |
| 4.1 Research Questions | 第44页 |
| 4.2 Data Collection | 第44-51页 |
| 4.2.1 Data source | 第44-46页 |
| 4.2.2 Identification of jian | 第46-50页 |
| 4.2.3 Filtering of jian in written form | 第50-51页 |
| 4.3 Data Analysis | 第51-61页 |
| 4.3.1 Data description: themes of jian | 第51-57页 |
| 4.3.2 Interpretation of jian | 第57-61页 |
| Chapter Five RESULTS AND DISCUSSION | 第61-86页 |
| 5.1 Cross-theme and Diachronic Analysis of the Structural Types of Jian | 第61-68页 |
| 5.1.1 General distribution of the structural types | 第61-64页 |
| 5.1.2 Cross-theme comparison of the structural types | 第64-66页 |
| 5.1.3 Diachronic display of the structural types | 第66-68页 |
| 5.2 Cross-theme and Diachronic Analysis of the Modulation of Jian | 第68-84页 |
| 5.2.1 General distribution of the modulation | 第69-75页 |
| 5.2.2 Cross-theme comparison of the modulation | 第75-80页 |
| 5.2.3 Diachronic display of the modulation | 第80-84页 |
| 5.3 Summary | 第84-86页 |
| Chapter Six CONCLUSION | 第86-93页 |
| 6.1 Major Findings of the Study | 第86-89页 |
| 6.2 Implications of the Study | 第89-90页 |
| 6.3 Limitations of the Study and Suggestions for Future Research | 第90-93页 |
| References | 第93-100页 |
