| Abstract | 第1-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-10页 |
| Contents | 第10-13页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第13-19页 |
| ·Background of the study | 第13-14页 |
| ·Objectives and significance of the study | 第14-16页 |
| ·Data source and methodology of the research | 第16-17页 |
| ·Organization of the study | 第17-19页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第19-30页 |
| ·Review of conflict talk | 第19-25页 |
| ·From the perspective of conversation analysis | 第19-22页 |
| ·From the perspective of pragmatics | 第22-25页 |
| ·Previous studies of conflict talk between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law | 第25-30页 |
| ·Linguistic adaptation perspective | 第25-27页 |
| ·Pragmatic perspective | 第27-30页 |
| Chapter 3 Theoretical Base | 第30-39页 |
| ·Leech’s politeness principle | 第30-34页 |
| ·Maxims of the politeness principle | 第30-33页 |
| ·Implicature in conversation | 第33-34页 |
| ·Face theory | 第34-39页 |
| ·Face threatening acts | 第35-37页 |
| ·Politeness strategies | 第37-39页 |
| Chapter 4 Analysis of Conflict Forms in Violating the Politeness Maxims in Mother-in-law Is Coming | 第39-62页 |
| ·Violating tact and generosity maxims | 第39-44页 |
| ·Displaying refusal | 第40-41页 |
| ·Indicating refutation | 第41-43页 |
| ·Expressing scold | 第43-44页 |
| ·Violating approbation and modesty maxims | 第44-50页 |
| ·Employing accusation form to demonstrate blame | 第44-46页 |
| ·Employing ironic utterances to express emotions | 第46-47页 |
| ·Applying exaggeration to show satire | 第47-48页 |
| ·Applying arrogant utterances to reveal over-confident | 第48-50页 |
| ·Violating agreement and sympathy maxims | 第50-55页 |
| ·Showing opposition | 第51-52页 |
| ·Indicating disobedience | 第52-54页 |
| ·Expressing argument | 第54-55页 |
| ·Causes of producing conflict talk | 第55-62页 |
| ·Differences in values | 第58-59页 |
| ·Differences in desires | 第59-60页 |
| ·Differences in personality character | 第60-62页 |
| Chapter 5 Analysis of Conflict Talk in Violating Face Value in Mother-in-law Is Coming | 第62-70页 |
| ·Threatening positive face | 第62-65页 |
| ·Threatening speaker’s positive face | 第63-64页 |
| ·Threatening listener’s positive face | 第64-65页 |
| ·Threatening negative face | 第65-70页 |
| ·Threatening speaker’s negative face | 第66-67页 |
| ·Threatening listener’s negative face | 第67-70页 |
| Chapter 6 Solutions to Conflict Talk Between Mother-in-law and Daughter-in-law | 第70-79页 |
| ·Solutions from politeness viewpoint | 第70-75页 |
| ·Mutual respecting and caring between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law | 第71-73页 |
| ·Daughter-in-law’s showing filial respect for mother-in-law | 第73-74页 |
| ·Mother-in-law’s caring for daughter-in-law | 第74-75页 |
| ·Solutions from face saving viewpoint | 第75-79页 |
| ·Giving positive face to the other side | 第75-77页 |
| ·Obtaining one’s own face by giving others’ face | 第77-79页 |
| Chapter 7 Conclusion | 第79-83页 |
| ·Major findings of the study | 第79-81页 |
| ·Limitations of the present study | 第81页 |
| ·Suggestions for future research | 第81-83页 |
| Bibliography | 第83-88页 |
| 攻读硕士学位期间主要科研成果 | 第88-89页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第89页 |
