| 摘要 | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-10页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第10-13页 |
| ·The objectives | 第10页 |
| ·Significance of the study | 第10-11页 |
| ·Research questions | 第11-12页 |
| ·Research methods | 第12页 |
| ·Layout of the thesis | 第12-13页 |
| Chapter 2 Theoretical Background | 第13-28页 |
| ·Related research | 第13-21页 |
| ·Previous research of compliment and CR abroad | 第13-17页 |
| ·Domestic study of compliment and CR | 第17-21页 |
| ·Speech Act Theory | 第21-24页 |
| ·Politeness theory | 第24-28页 |
| ·Politeness principle and maxims | 第25-27页 |
| ·Politeness and facework | 第27-28页 |
| Chapter 3 Methodology and Data Collection | 第28-32页 |
| ·Business negotiation as discourse | 第28页 |
| ·Analytical procedure | 第28-29页 |
| ·Data description | 第29-32页 |
| Chapter 4 Data Analysis and Discussion | 第32-59页 |
| ·Compliments and its responses in each case | 第32-46页 |
| ·Phases of each case | 第32页 |
| ·Compliments from Chinese party and CR from American party | 第32-39页 |
| ·Compliments from American party and CR from Chinese party | 第39-46页 |
| ·Comparison of compliments from cultural perspectives | 第46-55页 |
| ·Compliments in phases | 第46-47页 |
| ·Lexical characters | 第47-48页 |
| ·Syntactic pattern | 第48-50页 |
| ·Goals of compliment in negotiation | 第50-51页 |
| ·Types of compliment | 第51页 |
| ·Topics of compliment | 第51-52页 |
| ·Cooperative Principle | 第52-54页 |
| ·Politeness Principle | 第54-55页 |
| ·Facework | 第55页 |
| ·Comparison of compliment response strategies and its cultural explanation | 第55-57页 |
| ·Summary | 第57-59页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第59-61页 |
| ·Major findings of the study | 第59-60页 |
| ·Limitation | 第60-61页 |
| References | 第61-63页 |
| Appendix | 第63-76页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第76-77页 |
| Resume | 第77页 |
