| 摘要 | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-10页 |
| List of Tables | 第10-11页 |
| List of Figures | 第11-12页 |
| Introduction | 第12-15页 |
| Chapter One Literature Review | 第15-29页 |
| ·Previous Studies on Gender Differences of Language | 第15-20页 |
| ·Lexical Differences | 第15-17页 |
| ·Syntactical Differences | 第17-19页 |
| ·Phonetic Differences | 第19-20页 |
| ·Previous Studies on Compliments and Compliment Responses | 第20-28页 |
| ·Compliment and Compliment Response | 第20-23页 |
| ·Compliment Topics and Functions | 第23-24页 |
| ·Taxonomies of Compliment Responses | 第24-28页 |
| ·Comments on the Previous Researches | 第28-29页 |
| Chapter Two Theoretical Framework | 第29-35页 |
| ·Brown and Levinson’s Face Theory | 第29-30页 |
| ·Politeness Principle | 第30-35页 |
| ·Leech’s Politeness Principle | 第30-32页 |
| ·Gu’s Chinese Politeness Principle | 第32-35页 |
| Chapter Three Methodology | 第35-40页 |
| ·Hypothesis | 第35页 |
| ·Subjects | 第35-36页 |
| ·Data Collection | 第36-38页 |
| ·Tape-recorded Naturalistic Conversation | 第36-37页 |
| ·Observation of the Daily Speech | 第37-38页 |
| ·Interview | 第38页 |
| ·Data Processing | 第38-40页 |
| ·Transcription of the Speech Data | 第38-39页 |
| ·Analysis of the Speech Data by GoldVarb X | 第39-40页 |
| Chapter Four Results and Discussion | 第40-64页 |
| ·Types and Distribution of Compliment Responses | 第40-47页 |
| ·Types of Compliment Responses | 第40-45页 |
| ·Distribution of Each Category of Compliment Responses | 第45-47页 |
| ·Overall Frequency of Gender Differences in Compliment Responses | 第47-51页 |
| ·Gender Differences in Compliment Response Strategies to Topics | 第51-59页 |
| ·Different Strategies to Appearance Compliment | 第51-54页 |
| ·Different Strategies to Ability and Performance Compliment | 第54-56页 |
| ·Different Strategies to Possession Compliment | 第56-58页 |
| ·Different Strategies to Personality Compliment | 第58-59页 |
| ·Compliment Response Strategies to Compliment from Different Gender | 第59-64页 |
| ·Compliment Response Strategies to Male Complimenters | 第59-61页 |
| ·Compliment Response Strategies to Female Complimenters | 第61-64页 |
| Chapter Five Causes for Gender Differences and Implications | 第64-70页 |
| ·Causes for Gender Differences in Compliment Responses | 第64-67页 |
| ·The Traditional View | 第64-65页 |
| ·The Social Factor | 第65-66页 |
| ·The Cultural Factor | 第66-67页 |
| ·Implications | 第67-70页 |
| ·The Importance of Understanding Compliment Response Strategy inSecond Language Learning | 第67-68页 |
| ·The Importance of Using Proper Response Strategy to Compliment in Cross-cultural Communication | 第68-69页 |
| ·The Importance of Understanding Norms of Social Interaction | 第69-70页 |
| Conclusion | 第70-72页 |
| Works Cited | 第72-76页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第76-77页 |
| Appendix A | 第77-78页 |
| Appendix B | 第78-82页 |
| Appendix C | 第82-83页 |
| Appendix D | 第83-84页 |
| Informative Abstract in Chinese | 第84-87页 |
| Résumé and Publications since Entering the Program | 第87页 |
