| 摘要 | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-8页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第8-12页 |
| ·Motivation and Significance of the Study | 第8-10页 |
| ·Research Motivation | 第8-9页 |
| ·Research Significance | 第9-10页 |
| ·Research Methodology and Research Questions | 第10-11页 |
| ·Thesis Structure | 第11-12页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review on Courtesy Language Studies | 第12-22页 |
| ·Notion of Politeness | 第12-13页 |
| ·Courtesy Language Studies in Western Countries | 第13-19页 |
| ·Lakoff's Politeness Strategies | 第13-14页 |
| ·Grice's Cooperative Principle | 第14-15页 |
| ·Leech's Politeness Principle | 第15-17页 |
| ·Brown and Levinson's Face Theory | 第17-19页 |
| ·Courtesy Language Studies in China | 第19-22页 |
| ·Gu's Politeness Model | 第19-20页 |
| ·Mao's Relative Face Orientation Construct | 第20-22页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Framework | 第22-25页 |
| ·Hall's High-Context and Low-Context Theory | 第22-23页 |
| ·Lusting and Koester's Characteristies of High-context and Low-context Cultures | 第23-24页 |
| ·Ting-Toomey's Direct and Indirect Style Theory | 第24-25页 |
| Chapter Four Comparison of Courtesy Language between Chinese People and Americans | 第25-36页 |
| ·Comparison of Greetings | 第25-28页 |
| ·Greetings among Chinese People | 第25-27页 |
| ·Greetings among Americans | 第27-28页 |
| ·Comparison of Responding to Compliments | 第28-32页 |
| ·Responding to Compliments among Chinese People | 第28-29页 |
| ·Responding to Compliments among Americans | 第29-32页 |
| ·Comparison of Thanking | 第32-34页 |
| ·Expressing Thanks among Chinese People | 第32-33页 |
| ·Expressing Thanks among Americans | 第33-34页 |
| ·Comparisoon of Apologies | 第34-36页 |
| ·Apologies among Chinese People | 第34-35页 |
| ·Apologies among Americans | 第35-36页 |
| Chapter Five Discussion of Influence of High-Context and Low-Context Cultures on CourtesyLanguage | 第36-50页 |
| ·Influence of High-Context Culture on Chinese Courtesy Language | 第36-40页 |
| ·Messages Internalized | 第36-37页 |
| ·Reactions Reserved | 第37-38页 |
| ·Covert ann Implicit | 第38-39页 |
| ·Strong Interpersonal Bonds | 第39-40页 |
| ·Influence of Low-Context Culture on American Courtesy Language | 第40-45页 |
| ·Messages Plainly Coded | 第40-41页 |
| ·Reactions on the Surface | 第41-42页 |
| ·Overt and Explicit | 第42-43页 |
| ·Flexible Ingroups and Outgroups | 第43-45页 |
| ·Fragile Interpersonal Bonds | 第45页 |
| ·Cultural Roots of the Differences | 第45-50页 |
| ·Cultural Roots of Chinese High-context Communication Culture | 第45-48页 |
| ·Cultural Roots of American Low-context Communication Culture | 第48-50页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第50-53页 |
| ·Summary | 第50-51页 |
| ·Implications | 第51-52页 |
| ·Implications for Cooperative Principle | 第51页 |
| ·Implications for Cross-cultural Communication | 第51-52页 |
| ·Limitations and Suggestions for Further Study | 第52-53页 |
| References | 第53-57页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第57-58页 |
| 已发表论文 | 第58页 |
