| Introduction | 第1-15页 |
| ·An Attempt of the Thesis | 第9-10页 |
| ·Motivations of the Research | 第10-11页 |
| ·Research Methods Involved | 第11-13页 |
| ·Contents of the Thesis | 第13-15页 |
| Chapter One Basic Perspectives of Compliments | 第15-28页 |
| ·Literature Review | 第15-21页 |
| ·Compliment Formulas | 第16-17页 |
| ·Compliment Topic | 第17-18页 |
| ·Compliment Responses | 第18-20页 |
| ·Function | 第20-21页 |
| ·Definition of Compliments | 第21-24页 |
| ·Classifications of Compliments | 第24-27页 |
| ·Concluding Remarks | 第27-28页 |
| Chapter Two Realizations of Chinese compliments | 第28-39页 |
| ·Syntactic Patterns of Chinese Compliments | 第28-33页 |
| ·Semantic patterns of Chinese Compliments | 第33-35页 |
| ·Topics of Chinese Compliments | 第35-37页 |
| ·Concluding Remarks | 第37-39页 |
| Chapter Three Responding to Chinese Compliments | 第39-53页 |
| ·Responding Strategies to Chinese Compliments | 第39-45页 |
| ·Discourse Positions of Chinese Compliments Event | 第45-47页 |
| ·Social Function of Chinese Compliment Event | 第47-51页 |
| ·Concluding Remarks | 第51-53页 |
| Chapter Four Chinese Compliments:Mirrors of Chinese Cultural Values | 第53-64页 |
| ·Directness of Chinese Compliments | 第54-56页 |
| ·Lexical Indicators of Cultural Values | 第56-59页 |
| ·Routinized and Ritual Responses | 第59-62页 |
| ·Concluding Remarks | 第62-64页 |
| Conclusion | 第64-68页 |
| Bibliography | 第68-71页 |
| Appendix | 第71页 |
