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Acknowledgements |
4-5 |
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摘要 |
5-6 |
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ABSTRACT |
6-10 |
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Chapter 1 Introduction |
10-17 |
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1.1 Motivation of the thesis |
10-13 |
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1.2 Criticism: Definition and Function |
13-15 |
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1.3 Format of this thesis |
15-17 |
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Chapter 2 An Overview of Speech Acts Theories %26 Politeness Principle |
17-37 |
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2.1 Speech Act Theory |
17-23 |
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2.1.1 Austin's Theory |
17-20 |
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2.1.2 Searle's Theory |
20-23 |
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2.2 Grice's Co-operative Principle (CP) |
23-25 |
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2.3 Politeness Principle |
25-37 |
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2.3.1 Leech's Politeness Principle |
26-28 |
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2.3.2 Brown and Levinson's Face Theory |
28-31 |
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2.3.3 Verschueren's Adaptation Theory |
31-37 |
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Chapter 3 A Contrastive Analysis of Criticism in English and Chinese |
37-63 |
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3.1 Direct Criticism |
37-41 |
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3.2 Indirect criticism |
41-51 |
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3.3 Modifications of criticism |
51-63 |
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3.3.1 Internal modifications of criticism |
51-60 |
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3.3.2 External modifications of criticism |
60-63 |
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Chapter 4 An Investigation into Contextual Influences on Criticism Speech Acts |
63-83 |
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4.1 About context |
63-69 |
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4.2 The constituents of context and contextual variables |
69-77 |
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4.2.1 Field |
69-71 |
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4.2.2 Tenor |
71-77 |
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4.2.2.1 The context variables in Leech's politeness principles |
75-76 |
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4.2.2.2 The context Variables in Brown and Levinson's model |
76-77 |
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4.3 The influence of contextual factors upon criticism speech Acts |
77-83 |
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Chapter 5 An Investigation into Cultural Influences on Criticism Speech Acts |
83-99 |
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5.1 About culture |
83-84 |
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5.2 Language and Culture |
84-85 |
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5.3 Differences in Cultural Patterns of China and America |
85-91 |
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5.4 The Influence of Culture upon Criticism Speech Acts |
91-99 |
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Chapter 6 Conclusion |
99-103 |
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Bibliography |
103-106 |
