| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-11页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第11-15页 |
| ·The Purpose and Importance of the Study | 第12-13页 |
| ·The Research Questions and Methodology of the Study | 第13页 |
| ·The Organization of the Thesis | 第13-15页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review on Linguistic Politeness | 第15-29页 |
| ·The Previous Studies on Polite Language in Hotel English Discourse | 第15-16页 |
| ·The Concept of Politeness | 第16页 |
| ·Studies on Linguistic Politeness Abroad | 第16-20页 |
| ·Grice's Cooperative Principle | 第16-17页 |
| ·Lakoff's Rules of Politeness | 第17-18页 |
| ·Brown and Levinson's Face Theory | 第18-19页 |
| ·Leech's Politeness Principle | 第19-20页 |
| ·Theories on Politeness at Home | 第20-21页 |
| ·The Studies of the Theory of Adaptation at Home and Abroad | 第21-29页 |
| ·Definition and the Philosophical Basis of the Theory of Adaptation | 第21-24页 |
| ·The Study of the Theory of Adaptation Abroad | 第24-25页 |
| ·The Study of Adaptation Theory at Home | 第25-29页 |
| Chapter 3 Theoretical Framework:Verschueren's Theory of Adaptation | 第29-37页 |
| ·Three Properties of Language | 第29-30页 |
| ·Variability | 第29页 |
| ·Negotiability | 第29-30页 |
| ·Adaptability | 第30页 |
| ·Four Investigation Angles in the Theory of Adaptation | 第30-37页 |
| ·Contextual Correlates of Adaptability | 第30-33页 |
| ·Structural Objects of Adaptability | 第33-35页 |
| ·Dynamics of Adaptability | 第35页 |
| ·Salience of the Adaptation Process | 第35-37页 |
| Chapter 4 Analysis of Polite Language in HED in Accordance with the Theory ofAdaptation | 第37-64页 |
| ·Adaptation of Polite Language in HED to Communicative Context | 第37-48页 |
| ·Adaptation to the Physical World | 第38-40页 |
| ·Adaptation to the Social World | 第40-45页 |
| ·Adaptation to the Mental World | 第45-48页 |
| ·Adaptation of Polite Language in HED to the Structure | 第48-60页 |
| ·Adaptation at Words | 第49-51页 |
| ·Adaptation at Tense, Aspect and Voice | 第51-54页 |
| ·Adaptation at Syntax | 第54-60页 |
| ·Dynamics in Polite Language in HED | 第60-64页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第64-68页 |
| ·Major Findings | 第64-66页 |
| ·Limitations of the Present Study | 第66页 |
| ·Suggestions for Further Research | 第66-68页 |
| Bibliography | 第68-71页 |
| Papers Published During the Study for M. A. Degree | 第71页 |
