| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract in Chinese | 第6-7页 |
| Abstract in English | 第7-8页 |
| Part Ⅰ Introduction | 第8-16页 |
| ·The Significance of Studying Greetings | 第8-9页 |
| ·Literature Review | 第9-14页 |
| ·Organization of the Thesis | 第14-16页 |
| Part Ⅱ The Structure of Greetings | 第16-26页 |
| ·The Sentential Structure of Greetings-Classification of Greetings | 第16-21页 |
| ·Discourse Structure | 第21-26页 |
| ·Greetings as Conversational Components | 第21-24页 |
| ·Greetings as Adjacency Pairs | 第24-26页 |
| Part Ⅲ The Function of Greetings | 第26-37页 |
| ·Greetings as Illocutionary Acts | 第26-27页 |
| ·Greetings as Access Rituals | 第27页 |
| ·Greetings as Linguistic Routines of Politeness | 第27-29页 |
| ·Greetings as Interpersonal Functions | 第29-34页 |
| ·Up /Do /LE Greetings | 第29-30页 |
| ·The Norms and Principles of Greeting Performance | 第30-32页 |
| ·Three Levels of Greetings | 第32-34页 |
| ·Factors Affecting the Use of Greetings | 第34-37页 |
| Part Ⅳ Data Analysis | 第37-63页 |
| ·Data Collection | 第37-39页 |
| ·Frequency of Greeting Performance in English and Chinese | 第39-41页 |
| ·Distribution of Greetings among English and Chinese | 第41-58页 |
| ·Degree of Politeness in English and Chinese | 第58-60页 |
| ·Pragmatic Failures in the Use of English Greetings | 第60-63页 |
| Part Ⅴ Conclusions | 第63-68页 |
| Bibliography | 第68-71页 |
| Appendix 1 | 第71-73页 |
| Appendix 2 | 第73-75页 |
| Appendix 3 | 第75-77页 |
| Appendix 4 | 第77页 |
