| Introduction | 第1-12页 |
| Chapter One Conceptualization of C&CR | 第12-23页 |
| ·Defining C and CR | 第12-13页 |
| ·Classification of compliments and their strategies | 第13-15页 |
| ·Categories based on Topics of compliments | 第13-14页 |
| ·Categories of compliment strategies | 第14-15页 |
| ·Classification of CR | 第15-18页 |
| ·Previous studies on gender differences in realization of C—CR | 第18-23页 |
| ·C - CR studies abroad | 第18-21页 |
| ·Domestic studies of C—CR | 第21-23页 |
| Chapter Two Theoretical Framework | 第23-30页 |
| ·Speech act theory | 第23-24页 |
| ·Austin's speech act theory | 第23页 |
| ·Searle's speech act theory | 第23-24页 |
| ·Politeness and face theory | 第24-26页 |
| ·Studies on politeness in Chinese | 第26-27页 |
| ·Review of sociolinguistic Gender research | 第27-30页 |
| ·Dominance theory | 第27页 |
| ·Difference theory | 第27-28页 |
| ·The social constructionist approach | 第28-30页 |
| Chapter Three Gender differences in C and CR realization: a case study | 第30-41页 |
| ·Study objective and research questions | 第30页 |
| ·The dependent and independent variables | 第30-31页 |
| ·Topic | 第30-31页 |
| ·Gender | 第31页 |
| ·An explanation for the controlling of some variables | 第31-32页 |
| ·Methodology | 第32-33页 |
| ·Discourse completion task (DCT) | 第32-33页 |
| ·Pilot Study | 第33页 |
| ·Final study | 第33-35页 |
| ·Situation design | 第33-35页 |
| ·The subjects | 第35页 |
| ·Data-collecting procedures | 第35-36页 |
| ·The coding scheme for analyzing the C and CR | 第36-41页 |
| ·Coding the data | 第36-37页 |
| ·Coding C-CR | 第37-41页 |
| Chapter Four Interpretation and Discussion | 第41-58页 |
| ·An analyses on gender differences in compliments | 第41-47页 |
| ·Gender differences in an overall situation distribution of compliments | 第41-42页 |
| ·Percentage and frequency of distribution of compliments in terms of same gender and cross gender | 第42-44页 |
| ·Percentage and frequency of distribution of compliments in terms of appearance and performance level | 第44-46页 |
| ·Percentage and frequency of distribution of compliments in terms of individual situation | 第46-47页 |
| ·An analysis on gender differences in CR | 第47-56页 |
| ·Percentage and frequency of distribution of CR in overall situation | 第47-49页 |
| ·Percentage and frequency of distribution of CR in terms of same gender and cross gender | 第49-52页 |
| ·Percentage and distribution of CR in terms of topics | 第52-54页 |
| ·Gender differences in distribution of CR in each situation | 第54-56页 |
| ·The reasons for the existences of gender differences | 第56-58页 |
| Conclusion | 第58-61页 |
| References | 第61-65页 |
| Appendix 1 | 第65-76页 |
| Appendix 2 | 第76-79页 |
| Appendix 3 | 第79-86页 |
| Appendix 4 | 第86-96页 |
| Abstract(Chinese) | 第96-98页 |
| Abstract(English ) | 第98-102页 |
