| ABSTRACT | 第3-4页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-6页 |
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第6-9页 |
| CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION | 第9-15页 |
| 1.1 Background of the study | 第9-10页 |
| 1.2 Significance of the study | 第10-12页 |
| 1.3 Methodology | 第12-13页 |
| 1.4 Overall structure of the thesis | 第13-15页 |
| CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE REVIEW | 第15-26页 |
| 2.1 Previous studies on (im)politeness | 第15-18页 |
| 2.2 Previous studies on (im)politeness in literary works abroad | 第18-23页 |
| 2.3 Previous studies on (im)politeness in literary works at home | 第23-25页 |
| 2.4 Summary | 第25-26页 |
| CHAPTER THREE THEROETICAL FRAMEWORK | 第26-40页 |
| 3. 1 The core concepts in frame-based approach | 第26-30页 |
| 3.1.1 Frame | 第27-28页 |
| 3.1.2 Minimal context and implicatures | 第28-30页 |
| 3.2 The model of calculating implicatures of politeness | 第30-34页 |
| 3.2.1 Indirect utterance | 第32-33页 |
| 3.2.2 Ambivalent but not conventionalized utterance | 第33页 |
| 3.2.3 Conventionalized utterance in conventionalized context | 第33页 |
| 3.2.4 Conventionalized utterance in unconventionalized context | 第33-34页 |
| 3.3 Conversation level of style model | 第34-38页 |
| 3.3.1 Authorial tone | 第35-36页 |
| 3.3.2 Conversational tone | 第36-38页 |
| 3.4 Summary | 第38-40页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR FRAME BASED POLITENESS IN THE REMAINS OF THE DAY | 第40-66页 |
| 4.1 A brief introduction to The Remains of the Day | 第41-43页 |
| 4.2 Calculating conversational implicatures in character's conversation | 第43-58页 |
| 4.2.1 Indirect utterance | 第44-47页 |
| 4.2.2 Ambivalent but not conventionalized utterance | 第47-52页 |
| 4.2.3 Conventionalized utterance in conventionalized context | 第52-55页 |
| 4.2.4 Conventionalized utterance in unconventionalized context | 第55-58页 |
| 4.3 Calculating conversational implicature of politeness in author-reader conversation | 第58-65页 |
| 4.3.1 Authorial tone | 第58-62页 |
| 4.3.2 Conversational tone | 第62-65页 |
| 4.4 Summary | 第65-66页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE CONCLUSION | 第66-72页 |
| 5.1 Major findings of the study | 第66-68页 |
| 5.2 Implications of the study | 第68-69页 |
| 5.3 Limitations of the study | 第69-70页 |
| 5.4 Suggestions for further studies | 第70-72页 |
| REFERENCES | 第72-77页 |
