| Abstract in English | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract in Chinese | 第6-7页 |
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENT | 第7-11页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第11-13页 |
| ·The Urgent Need of my Research | 第11页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第11-12页 |
| ·The General Description and the Overall Organization of my Thesis | 第12-13页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第13-20页 |
| ·Definitions of the Related Terms in the Thesis | 第13-14页 |
| ·Definitions of Politeness | 第13-14页 |
| ·Definitions of Indirect Speech Act | 第14页 |
| ·Current Situation of the Study of Politeness Theory in China | 第14-19页 |
| ·The Rationale of the Study | 第19页 |
| ·The Relevance between This Research and Others Related | 第19-20页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Frameworks | 第20-27页 |
| ·Speech act Theory and Indirect Speech Act Theory | 第20-22页 |
| ·Lakoff’s View of Politeness | 第22-23页 |
| ·Leech's politeness principle (PP) | 第23-24页 |
| ·Brown and Levinson’s Theory of Politeness | 第24-25页 |
| ·Gu yueguo’s Study of Politeness | 第25-27页 |
| Chapter Four Factors Affecting Indirect Speech Act Application in Politeness | 第27-36页 |
| ·Culture Variables | 第27-30页 |
| ·Collectivism and Individualism | 第27-29页 |
| ·Larger Power – Distance and Equality | 第29-30页 |
| ·Intragroup Harmony and Assertiveness | 第30页 |
| ·Situational Variables | 第30-36页 |
| ·Setting Variables | 第30-31页 |
| ·Power and Role Variables | 第31-32页 |
| ·Imposition Variables | 第32-34页 |
| ·Social distance variables | 第34-35页 |
| ·Other Factors | 第35-36页 |
| Chapter Five Negative Effects of Indirect Speech Act in Politeness Theory’s Application | 第36-47页 |
| ·Negative Effect of Indirect Speech Act in Cross-culture Communication’s Politeness Application | 第36-41页 |
| ·Negative Effect of Indirect Speech Act in Daily Life’s Politeness Application | 第41-44页 |
| ·Negative Effect of Indirect Speech Act in Classroom Teaching’s Politeness Application | 第44-47页 |
| Chapter Six Empirical Studies of Negative Effects of Indirect Speech Act in the Politeness Application within Classroom Teaching Context | 第47-57页 |
| ·Design of the Study | 第47-48页 |
| ·Purposes | 第47页 |
| ·Subjects | 第47页 |
| ·Instruments | 第47-48页 |
| ·Procedures and Data Collection | 第48-50页 |
| ·Data Obtained from Recordings | 第48-50页 |
| ·Data Obtained from Questionnaire and Interview | 第50页 |
| ·Data Analysis and Results | 第50-55页 |
| ·The Analysis of the Data Obtained from Recorder | 第50-51页 |
| ·The Analysis of the Data Obtained from Questionnaire and Intervie | 第51-55页 |
| ·Findings and Discussion | 第55-57页 |
| Chapter Seven Conclusions | 第57-60页 |
| ·Implications of Language Teaching | 第57页 |
| ·Indications for Further Researches | 第57-59页 |
| ·Limitations of the Study | 第59-60页 |
| References | 第60-64页 |
| Appendix | 第64-66页 |
