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Acknowledgements
Chapter One Introduction
1.1 Setting the scene
1.2 Research questions and hypotheses
1.3 Significance of the study
Chapter Two Literature Review
2.1 Contemporary research on Politeness
2.2 Previous proposals of universal politeness rules
2.2.1 Grice's co-operative principal
2.2.2 Critique of Grice's CP and CI
2.2.3 Universal theories of politeness: post-Grice
2.3 Culture-Specific view on politeness
2.3.1 The modem proposal of politeness by Gu Yueguo
Chapter Three Methodology
3.1 Overview of the design of the study
3.2 Procedures
3.2.1 Selection of subjects
3.2.2 Apparatus
3.2.3 Remarks on the data collection
Chapter Four Data analysis
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Statistical results
4.3 Correlation analysis
4.3.1 A comparison of different correlations between polite and the nine adjectives in Chinese and American study
4.3.2 A comparison of discernment-oriented or volition-oriented politeness in Chinese and American study
4.4 A description of Chinese concept of politeness based on the study
4.4.1 An empirically tested support of Gu's four notions of Chinese politeness
4.4.2 A tentative model of Chinese politeness
4.5 Summary of the findings of the study
Chapter Five Summary and Conclusion
5.1 Politeness: a heterogeneous construction
5.2 Implications for language teaching and learning
5.2.1 The significance of pragmatic competence for foreign language learners
5.2.2 Tentative suggestions for the cultivation of pragmatic competence
5.3 Summary remarks
5.4 Suggestions for further research
5.5 Limitations of the research
5.6 Conclusion
Bibliography
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