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摘 要
Abstract
1 Introduction
1.1 The Background of the Study
1.2 Objectives and Significance of the Study
1.3 Research Questions and Methodology
1.4 The Structure of the Thesis
2 Literature Review
2.1 Politeness of Request Speech Acts
2.1.1 An Introduction to the Politeness of Request
2.1.2 Medium for Studying the Politeness of Reques
2.1.3 Classifications of Request Speech Acts
2.2 Previous Studies on the Politeness of Request
2.2.1 Pragmatic Studies on the Politeness of Reque
2.2.2 Cognitive Studies on the Politeness of Reque
3 Theoretical Foundation
3.1 The Development of Force Schema Theory
3.2 Main Categories of Force Schema
3.3 Four Pairs of Conceptual Primitives of Force S
3.4 Relationship between Request Speech Acts and F
4 Results and Discussion
4.1 The Politeness of Direct Request Speech Acts a
4.1.1 Mood-derivable
4.1.2 Performative
4.1.3 Hedged Performative
4.1.4 Obligation Statement
4.1.5 Want Statement
4.2 The Politeness of Conventionally Indirect Requ
4.2.1 Suggestory Formula
4.2.2 Query Preparatory
4.3 The Politeness of Non-conventionally Indirect
4.3.1 Strong Hint
4.3.2 Mild Hint
5 Conclusion
5.1 Major Findings of the Study
5.2 Implications of the Study
5.3 Limitations and Suggestions
References
Acknowledgements
