| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-7页 |
| Abstract(Chinese version) | 第7-12页 |
| List of Tables | 第12-14页 |
| List of Figures | 第14-15页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第15-18页 |
| ·Origin of the Study | 第15-16页 |
| ·Objectives and Significance of the Study | 第16-17页 |
| ·Organization of the Thesis | 第17-18页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第18-29页 |
| ·Relevant Studies Abroad | 第18-24页 |
| ·Speech Act Theory | 第18-19页 |
| ·Searle's Contribution to Illocutionary Acts | 第19页 |
| ·Brown and Levinson's Face Theory | 第19-23页 |
| ·The Concept of Face | 第20页 |
| ·Face Threatening Acts | 第20-22页 |
| ·Politeness Strategies | 第22-23页 |
| ·Studies on"Disagreement" | 第23-24页 |
| ·Relevant Studies at Home | 第24-27页 |
| ·Researches within the Field of Negation | 第24-25页 |
| ·Researches within the Field of Politeness Principles | 第25-26页 |
| ·Researches from the Perspective of Cross-cultural Pragmatics | 第26-27页 |
| ·Researches within Pedagogical Context | 第27页 |
| ·Summary:Achievements and Limitations | 第27-29页 |
| Chapter Three Methodology | 第29-38页 |
| ·Working Definition and Scope of the Speech Act of Disagreement | 第29-30页 |
| ·Differences between"Disagreement" and Some Other Related Speech Acts | 第30-31页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第31页 |
| ·Subjects | 第31-32页 |
| ·Instruments | 第32-36页 |
| ·Development of the Questionnaire | 第32-35页 |
| ·Setting up the Situations on the Basis of Classroom Observation | 第33-34页 |
| ·Developing the Multiple Choices in the Questionnaires | 第34-35页 |
| ·Post-test Interviews | 第35-36页 |
| ·Methods of Data Collection and Analysis | 第36-37页 |
| ·Summary | 第37-38页 |
| Chapter Four Results and Discussion | 第38-68页 |
| ·Characteristics of the Choices of Strategies | 第38-46页 |
| ·Characteristics of the Choices of Strategies by the Teachers | 第38-42页 |
| ·Characteristics of the Choices of Strategies by the Students | 第42-46页 |
| ·Comparisons between the Choices of Strategies and the Psychological Expectations | 第46-58页 |
| ·A Comparison between the Teachers' Choices of Strategies and the Psychological Expectations of the Students | 第46-53页 |
| ·A Comparison between the Students' Choices of Strategies and the Psychological Expectations of the Teachers | 第53-58页 |
| ·The Effects of Gender and Issues of the Disagreement on the Choices of the Strategies | 第58-62页 |
| ·The Effect of Gender on the Choices of the Strategies by the Teachers | 第58-59页 |
| ·The Effect of Gender on the Choices of the Strategies by the Students | 第59-60页 |
| ·The Effect of the Issues of Disagreement on the Choices of the Strategies by the Teachers | 第60-61页 |
| ·The Effect of the Issues of Disagreement on the Choices of the Strategies by the Students | 第61-62页 |
| ·Further Discussion on the Results | 第62-66页 |
| ·Some General Characteristics of the Strategies by the Teachers | 第62-64页 |
| ·Some General Characteristics of the Strategies by the Students | 第64-66页 |
| ·Furher Discussion on the Comparisons between the Choices of Strategies and the Psychological Expectations | 第66页 |
| ·Summary | 第66-68页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第68-72页 |
| ·Major Findings of the Study | 第68-69页 |
| ·Educational Implications of the Study | 第69-70页 |
| ·Limitations of the Study | 第70-72页 |
| Works Cited | 第72-75页 |
| Appendices | 第75-79页 |
| Publications | 第79-80页 |
