| Abstract | 第4-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-10页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第10-13页 |
| 1.1 Research Background | 第10-11页 |
| 1.2 Necessity of the Study | 第11-12页 |
| 1.3 Research Questions | 第12页 |
| 1.4 Organization of the Thesis | 第12-13页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第13-22页 |
| 2.1 Concepts Related to the Present Study | 第13-17页 |
| 2.1.1 Thesis/ Dissertation | 第13-14页 |
| 2.1.2 Thanking | 第14-15页 |
| 2.1.3 Acknowledgement | 第15-16页 |
| 2.1.4 Acknowledgement as a Thanking Act | 第16-17页 |
| 2.2 Previous Studies on Thesis Acknowledgements | 第17-22页 |
| 2.2.1 Studies on Thesis Acknowledgements Abroad | 第17-19页 |
| 2.2.2 Studies on Thesis Acknowledgements at Home | 第19-22页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Foundations | 第22-29页 |
| 3.1 Thanking as a speech act | 第22-23页 |
| 3.2 Cultural Values and Interpersonal Politeness | 第23-26页 |
| 3.2.1 Hofstede's Cultural Dimensions | 第23-24页 |
| 3.2.2 Scollon & Scollon’s Politeness Systems | 第24-26页 |
| 3.3 Analyzing Frameworks of the Present Research | 第26-29页 |
| Chapter Four Research Methodology | 第29-32页 |
| 4.1 Data collection | 第29-30页 |
| 4.1.1 Data Source | 第29页 |
| 4.1.2 Data Selection Criteria | 第29-30页 |
| 4.2 Procedures of Data analysis | 第30-32页 |
| Chapter Five Results and Discussion | 第32-51页 |
| 5.1 Categories and ordering of thanked addressees in native and non-native groups | 第32-36页 |
| 5.1.1 Categories of thanked addressees in native and non-native groups | 第32-34页 |
| 5.1.2 Ordering of the thanked addressees in native and non-native groups | 第34-36页 |
| 5.2 Linguistic Realizations of Thanking Acts in the Two Groups of Theses | 第36-45页 |
| 5.2.1 Forms of thanking in the two groups of theses | 第36-41页 |
| 5.2.2 Lexico-grammatical features of thanking expressions in the two groups of theses | 第41-45页 |
| 5.3 Similarities & differences in the two groups of acknowledgements | 第45-51页 |
| 5.3.1 Similarities | 第45-46页 |
| 5.3.2 Differences | 第46-51页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第51-54页 |
| 6.1 Major findings of this study | 第51-52页 |
| 6.2 Limitations of this Study | 第52-53页 |
| 6.3 Recommendations for Future Studies | 第53-54页 |
| Bibliography | 第54-57页 |
| Appendix | 第57-64页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第64页 |
