| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第5-6页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第6-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-9页 |
| CONTENTS | 第9-12页 |
| LIST OF FIGURES | 第12-13页 |
| LIST OF TABLES | 第13-14页 |
| CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION | 第14-19页 |
| 1.1 Background | 第14-15页 |
| 1.2 Rationale | 第15-17页 |
| 1.3 Research Questions | 第17-18页 |
| 1.4 Organization of the Thesis | 第18-19页 |
| CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE REVIEW | 第19-30页 |
| 2.1 Review of Researches on Cross-Cultural Pragmatics and Politeness | 第19-23页 |
| 2.1.1 Researches on Cross-Cultural Pragmatics | 第19页 |
| 2.1.2 The Face-saving View of Politeness and Attentiveness | 第19-21页 |
| 2.1.3 Researches on Chinese Politeness | 第21-22页 |
| 2.1.4 Comments on the Existing Politeness Research | 第22-23页 |
| 2.2 Review of Researches on Request | 第23-25页 |
| 2.2.1 Request as a Speech Act | 第23页 |
| 2.2.2 Indirectness in Request | 第23-24页 |
| 2.2.3 Attentiveness as A Response to Indirect Request | 第24-25页 |
| 2.3 Review of Empirical Studies on Attentiveness | 第25-30页 |
| 2.3.1 Researches on Attentiveness Abroad | 第25-26页 |
| 2.3.2 Domestic Researches on Attentiveness | 第26页 |
| 2.3.3 Review of Contextual Variables of Attentiveness | 第26-28页 |
| 2.3.4 Comments on the Existing Researches on Attentiveness | 第28-30页 |
| CHATPER THREE THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK | 第30-45页 |
| 3.1 Brown & Levinson’s Politeness Model | 第30-35页 |
| 3.1.1 Face and Face –threatening Acts | 第30-32页 |
| 3.1.2 Politeness Strategies | 第32-33页 |
| 3.1.3 Social and Cultural Variables in Weightiness of FTAs and Strategy Choice | 第33-35页 |
| 3.2 Request Strategies | 第35-36页 |
| 3.2.1 Types of Request Strategies | 第35-36页 |
| 3.2.2 Payoffs For Different Types of Request Strategies | 第36页 |
| 3.3 Fukushima’s Model of Attentiveness | 第36-40页 |
| 3.3.1 Context of Attentiveness in the Study | 第36-38页 |
| 3.3.2 Demonstration of Attentiveness | 第38-40页 |
| 3.3.3 Evaluation of Attentiveness | 第40页 |
| 3.4 Cultural Dimensions of the Present Study | 第40-45页 |
| 3.4.1 Culture’s Influence on Behavior | 第41-42页 |
| 3.4.2 Individualism and Collectivism | 第42-43页 |
| 3.4.3 Power Distance | 第43-45页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR METHODS | 第45-52页 |
| 4.1 Research Instrument | 第45-49页 |
| 4.2 Data Collection | 第49-51页 |
| 4.2.1 Participants | 第49-50页 |
| 4.2.2 Procedure | 第50-51页 |
| 4.3 Data Analysis | 第51-52页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE RESULTS | 第52-62页 |
| 5.1 Demonstration of Attentiveness | 第52-54页 |
| 5.2 Reasons for Demonstration of Attentiveness | 第54-56页 |
| 5.3 Imposition to Demonstrate Attentiveness | 第56-57页 |
| 5.4 Evaluation of Attentiveness | 第57-58页 |
| 5.5 Reasons for Evaluation of Attentiveness | 第58-60页 |
| 5.6 Demonstrator-Beneficiary Relationships and Attentiveness | 第60页 |
| 5.7 Request Strategies for Attentiveness | 第60-62页 |
| CHAPTER SIX DISCUSSION | 第62-74页 |
| 6.1 Situational Assessment | 第62-64页 |
| 6.2 Demonstration and Evaluation of Attentiveness | 第64-69页 |
| 6.2.1 Failure to Demonstrate Attentiveness | 第64-65页 |
| 6.2.2 Differences in Demonstration of Attentiveness | 第65-66页 |
| 6.2.3 Differences in Evaluation of Attentiveness | 第66-67页 |
| 6.2.4 Differences in Request Strategies for Attentiveness | 第67页 |
| 6.2.5 Cultural Factors Accounting for the Differences in Attentiveness | 第67-69页 |
| 6.3 Correlation between Imposition and Attentiveness | 第69-71页 |
| 6.3.1 Correlation between Imposition and Demonstration of Attentiveness | 第70页 |
| 6.3.2 Correlation between Imposition and Evaluation of Attentiveness | 第70-71页 |
| 6.4 Correlation between Personal Relationship and Attentiveness | 第71-74页 |
| 6.4.1 Correlation between Personal Relationship and Demonstration of Attentiveness | 第71-72页 |
| 6.4.2 Correlation between Personal Relationship and Evaluation of Attentiveness | 第72-74页 |
| CHAPTER SEVEN CONCLUSION | 第74-77页 |
| 7.1 A Summary of the Major Findings | 第74页 |
| 7.2 Implications | 第74-75页 |
| 7.3 Limitations of the Present Study | 第75-77页 |
| REFERENCES | 第77-81页 |
| Appendices | 第81-89页 |
| Appendix A: Questionnaire on the Cross-cultural Study of Demonstration and Evaluation of Attentiveness | 第81-87页 |
| Appendix B: Questionnaire on Request Strategy for Attentiveness | 第87-89页 |
