| Chapter Ⅰ Introduction | 第1-12页 |
| Chapter Ⅱ Literature Review | 第12-24页 |
| ·Speech Act Theory | 第12-15页 |
| ·Politeness Principle | 第15-18页 |
| ·Intercultural Communicative Competence (ICC) | 第18-21页 |
| ·Previous Study on Compliment Speech Act | 第21-24页 |
| ·Definition of "Compliment" | 第21-22页 |
| ·Research Work on Compliment Speech Act | 第22-24页 |
| Chapter Ⅲ A Contrastive Analysis of Compliments & Compliment Responses | 第24-47页 |
| ·A Contrastive Analysis of Compliment Topics | 第24-26页 |
| ·A Contrastive Analysis of Compliments in Linguistic Forms | 第26-31页 |
| ·A Contrastive Analysis of Compliments in Lexical Level | 第26-28页 |
| ·A Contrastive Analysis of Compliments in Syntactic Level | 第28-31页 |
| ·A Contrastive Analysis of Compliment Responses | 第31-47页 |
| ·Compliment Responses in American English | 第33-42页 |
| ·Compliment Responses in Chinese | 第42-44页 |
| ·A Contrastive Analysis of Compliment Responses | 第44-47页 |
| Chapter Ⅳ Some Contextual Factors that Influence Complimenting Behaviors | 第47-53页 |
| ·Gender | 第47-48页 |
| ·Intimacy | 第48-49页 |
| ·Status | 第49-50页 |
| ·Culture | 第50-53页 |
| Chapter Ⅴ Further Discussion and Implications | 第53-59页 |
| Chapter Ⅵ Conclusion | 第59-61页 |
| Bibliography | 第61-66页 |
