| ABSTRACT | 第4-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-8页 |
| ACKNOWLEDGMENTS | 第8-12页 |
| CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION | 第12-23页 |
| 1.1 A general description of the study | 第13-14页 |
| 1.2 Significance of the study | 第14-17页 |
| 1.3 Research methodology | 第17-20页 |
| 1.4 Overall structure of the thesis | 第20-21页 |
| 1.5 Summary | 第21-23页 |
| CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE REVIEW | 第23-42页 |
| 2.1 Previous studies of apologies abroad | 第23-30页 |
| 2.1.1 The definition of apologies | 第23-25页 |
| 2.1.2 Apology speech act | 第25-28页 |
| 2.1.3 Cross-cultural and intercultural researches on apologies | 第28-30页 |
| 2.2 Previous studies of apologies at home | 第30-33页 |
| 2.3 International and domestic studies of political apologies | 第33-39页 |
| 2.3.1 International studies of political apologies | 第33-37页 |
| 2.3.1.1 Identification of political apologies | 第33-35页 |
| 2.3.1.2 Classifications of political apologies | 第35-36页 |
| 2.3.1.3 Various approaches to political apology studies | 第36-37页 |
| 2.3.2 Domestic studies of political apologies | 第37-39页 |
| 2.4 Summary | 第39-42页 |
| CHAPTER THREE THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK | 第42-55页 |
| 3.1 Socio-cognitive approach to pragmatics | 第42-48页 |
| 3.1.1 A general introduction of Kecskes’ SCA framework | 第42-43页 |
| 3.1.2 Individual and societal dimensions in SCA framework | 第43-48页 |
| 3.2 Socio-cognitive model of political apology interaction | 第48-53页 |
| 3.2.1 An introduction of socio-cognitive model of political apologyinteraction | 第48-50页 |
| 3.2.2 Interaction between prior and actual situational contexts | 第50-51页 |
| 3.2.3 Interaction under egocentrism and cooperation mechanisms | 第51-52页 |
| 3.2.4 Interaction at attention-intention level | 第52-53页 |
| 3.3 Summary | 第53-55页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR A SOCIO-COGNITIVE CONTRASTIVE STUDY OF AMERICAN AND CHINESE POLITICAL APOLOGY SPEECHACTS | 第55-87页 |
| 4.1 Illocutionary force indicating devices in American and Chinese political speech acts | 第55-65页 |
| 4.1.1 IFIDs in American political speech acts | 第56-59页 |
| 4.1.2 IFIDs in Chinese political speech acts | 第59-65页 |
| 4.2 Comparison between Chinese and American political apology strategies | 第65-73页 |
| 4.2.1 Political apology speech act strategies | 第65-67页 |
| 4.2.2 Comparison between Chinese and American political apology strategies | 第67-73页 |
| 4.3 A socio-cognitive contrastive study of discrepancies in Chinese and Americanpolitical apology speech acts | 第73-85页 |
| 4.3.1 Realization of political apology strategies at prior-situational contextlevel | 第74-79页 |
| 4.3.1.1 American political apology strategies | 第74-75页 |
| 4.3.1.2 Chinese political apology strategies | 第75-79页 |
| 4.3.2 Realization of political apology strategies at egocentrism-cooperationlevel | 第79-82页 |
| 4.3.2.1 American political apology strategies | 第79-81页 |
| 4.3.2.2 Chinese political apology strategies | 第81-82页 |
| 4.3.3 Realization of political apology strategies at attention-intention level | 第82-85页 |
| 4.3.3.1 American political apology strategies | 第82-84页 |
| 4.3.3.2 Chinese political apology strategies | 第84-85页 |
| 4.4 Summary | 第85-87页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE CONCLUSION | 第87-92页 |
| 5.1 Major findings | 第87-89页 |
| 5.2 Theoretical and practical implications | 第89-90页 |
| 5.3 Limitations | 第90页 |
| 5.4 Suggestions for further studies | 第90-92页 |
| REFERENCES | 第92-98页 |
