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Acknowledgements
摘要
Chapter 1 Introduction
1.1 Need for the Study
1.2 Approaches and Objectives of the Study
1.3 Organization of the Thesis
Chapter 2 Literature Review
2.1 Previous Studies on Suggestion
2.2 Definitions of Suggestion
2.3 Strategies of Suggestion Realization
2.4 Summary
Chapter 3 Politeness and Suggestion
3.1 PolitenessTheories
3.1.1 Leech‘s Politeness Principle
3.1.2 Brown andLevinson's politeness theory
3.1.3 Politeness phenomena in Chinese culture
3.2 Politeness and Suggestion
3.3 Summary
Chapter 4 Methodology
4.1 Research Questions
4.2 Subjects
4.3 Instruments
4.3.1 Observation sheet
4.3.2 Questionnaires
4.4 Data Collection
4.5 Summary
Chapter5 Results and Discussion
5.1 Frequency and Directness of Suggestion Making
5.2 Syntactic Patterns
5.3 Specific Politeness Strategies
5.4 Effect of Social Variables on Realization of Suggestions
5.4.1 Degree of embarrassment
5.4.2 Social distance
5.4.3 Relative power
5.4.4 Gender difference
5.5 Summary
Chapter 6 Conclusion
6.1 Major Findings ofthe Study
6.2 Limitations of the Study and Suggestions for Further Research
Bibliography
Appendices
Appendix A
Appendix B
Appendix C
List of Published Essays of the Author