| Abstract | 第1-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-9页 |
| Introduction | 第9-12页 |
| Chapter I Literature Review | 第12-28页 |
| ·Speech Act | 第12-18页 |
| ·Speech Act Theory | 第13-14页 |
| ·Indirect Speech Act Theory | 第14-16页 |
| ·Further Development of SAT | 第16-17页 |
| ·Compliments in Terms of SAT | 第17-18页 |
| ·Strategies for Realizing Speech Acts: Politeness across Cultures | 第18-21页 |
| ·Politeness within a Culture | 第18-19页 |
| ·Politeness across Cultures | 第19-21页 |
| ·Methodological Problems in Speech Acts Study | 第21-23页 |
| ·Previous Studies on Complimenting: Its Linguistic Formulation | 第23-28页 |
| ·Studies of Compliments in English | 第23-25页 |
| ·Studies of Compliments in Chinese | 第25-26页 |
| ·Summary of the Previous Studies of Compliments in Chinese | 第26-28页 |
| Chapter II Design of the Study | 第28-39页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第28页 |
| ·Data Collection | 第28-29页 |
| ·Subjects | 第29页 |
| ·Procedure | 第29-30页 |
| ·Results | 第30-39页 |
| ·Research Results of the Multiple-choice Part | 第30-32页 |
| ·Research Results of the Open-question Part | 第32-35页 |
| ·Variations in Answers of the Two Groups | 第35-37页 |
| ·Contradictions to the Previous Studies | 第37-39页 |
| Chapter III Discussion | 第39-54页 |
| ·Examination of Data Collection of the Previous Studies | 第39-41页 |
| ·Nonverbal Behavior as a Component of a Speech Act | 第41-43页 |
| ·Context of Co-constructing the Meaning of an Utterance | 第43-48页 |
| ·Attempts to Account for Complimenting in Chinese | 第48-54页 |
| Conclusion | 第54-57页 |
| Appendix | 第57-61页 |
| Bibliography | 第61-64页 |
