| DECLARATION | 第1-4页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第4-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-7页 |
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第7-8页 |
| LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS | 第8-9页 |
| LIST OF FIGURES | 第9-13页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第13-20页 |
| ·Introduction | 第13-14页 |
| ·Rationale of the present study | 第14-16页 |
| ·Objectives of the study | 第16页 |
| ·Research questions | 第16-17页 |
| ·Data and methodology | 第17-18页 |
| ·Organization of the thesis | 第18-20页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第20-34页 |
| ·Introduction | 第20页 |
| ·Overview of the researches on police interrogation | 第20-26页 |
| ·Domestic researches | 第20-24页 |
| ·Overseas researches | 第24-26页 |
| ·Critique of the researches on police interrogation | 第26-27页 |
| ·Overview of Leech's (1983) Politeness Principle | 第27-31页 |
| ·Leech's rhetorical approach to pragmatics | 第27-29页 |
| ·Leech's Theory on Politeness | 第29-31页 |
| ·Critique of Leech's Politeness Principle | 第31页 |
| ·Overview of a pragmatic approach to investigate a linguistic phenomenon | 第31-33页 |
| ·Summary | 第33-34页 |
| Chapter 3 Theoretical Framework | 第34-41页 |
| ·Introduction | 第34页 |
| ·Theoretical framework of the present research | 第34-40页 |
| ·Application of Leech's Politeness Principle in Chinese police interrogation | 第34-35页 |
| ·Employment of linguistic politeness in Chinese police interrogation as realization of adaptation | 第35页 |
| ·Adaptation of linguistic politeness in the interrogators language to the contextual correlates | 第35-38页 |
| ·Contextual correlates of adaptability | 第35-38页 |
| ·Contextual correlates involved in the employment of linguistic politeness in Chinese police interrogation | 第38页 |
| ·Theoretical framework and research procedures | 第38-40页 |
| ·Summary | 第40-41页 |
| Chapter 4 The Interrogator's Employment of Linguistic Politeness in Chinese Police Interrogation | 第41-56页 |
| ·Introduction | 第41页 |
| ·Tact Maxim | 第41-47页 |
| ·Direct mitigation of the suspect's criminal responsibility | 第42-44页 |
| ·Transfer of the suspect's criminal responsibility | 第44-46页 |
| ·Avoidance of vocabulary bearing criminal responsibility | 第46-47页 |
| ·Approbation Maxim | 第47-50页 |
| ·Agreement Maxim | 第50-52页 |
| ·Sympathy Maxim | 第52-54页 |
| ·Summary | 第54-56页 |
| Chapter 5 Adaptability of Linguistic Politeness in Chinese Police Interrogation | 第56-66页 |
| ·Introduction | 第56页 |
| ·The social settings to which linguistic politeness adapts | 第56-59页 |
| ·Application of presumption of innocence in China | 第56-57页 |
| ·The task of "building a harmonious society" in China | 第57-58页 |
| ·Amendments to the Constitution of the People's Republic of China | 第58页 |
| ·Criminal Procedure Law of the People's Republic of China | 第58-59页 |
| ·The interrogator's assessment of the interrogee's mental world to which linguistic politeness adapts | 第59-64页 |
| ·Personality | 第60页 |
| ·Emotions | 第60-61页 |
| ·Beliefs | 第61-62页 |
| ·Desires and wishes | 第62-63页 |
| ·Motivations and intentions | 第63-64页 |
| ·Summary | 第64-66页 |
| Chapter 6 Conclusion | 第66-71页 |
| ·Introduction | 第66页 |
| ·Summary of the present study | 第66-67页 |
| ·Conclusion | 第67-68页 |
| ·Implications | 第68-69页 |
| ·Theoretical implications | 第68-69页 |
| ·Practical implications | 第69页 |
| ·Limitations | 第69-70页 |
| ·Suggestions for further research | 第70-71页 |
| Appendix Data Used in the Present Study | 第71-73页 |
| References: | 第73-76页 |
