摘要 2-4 Abstract 4-5 Chapter One Introduction 8-11 1.1 Significance of the study 8-9 1.2 The objective of the study 9 1.3 Organization of this thesis 9-11 Chapter Two Literature review 11-18 2.1 Previous study on request speech act abroad 11-13 2.1.1 Request speech act study in the field of cross-cultural studies 11-12 2.1.1.1 Ervin-Tripp’s investigations on request speech act of English native speakers 11-12 2.1.1.2 Blum-Kulka and Olshtain’s CCSARP 12 2.1.2 Request speech act study in the field of interlanguage pragmatics 12-13 2.2 Previous request speech act study in the field of pragmatics at home 13-14 2.3 Previous study on emails 14-16 2.3.1 Studies of Emails from genre and stylistics perspectives 14-15 2.3.2 Studies of Emails from sociological perspective 15 2.3.3 Studies of Emails from pragmatic perspective 15-16 2.3.3.1 The politeness study in emails discourse 15-16 2.3.3.2 The request study in email discourse 16 2.4 Summary 16-18 Chapter Three Theoretical framework 18-28 3.1 The speech act theory 18-19 3.2 Request speech act 19-25 3.2.1 Forms of request 20 3.2.2 Strategies of request 20-22 3.2.3 Modifications of request 22-24 3.2.3.1 Internal modification (downgraders and upgraders) 22-24 3.2.3.2 External modification grounders 24 3.2.4 Social variables in the use of request strategies 24-25 3.3 Politeness Theory 25-27 3.3.1 Leech’s politeness principle 25-26 3.3.2 Brown & Levinson’s face-saving view 26-27 3.4 Summary 27-28 Chapter Four Methodology and discussion 28-48 4.1 Data collection 28-30 4.1.1 Subjects and data 28-29 4.1.2 The format of email discourse 29-30 4.2 Results and discussion 30-47 4.2.1 Forms of request in English email texts of ICC 30-32 4.2.1.1 Language forms of request 30-31 4.2.1.2 Perspective of request 31-32 4.2.2 Strategies of request in English email texts of ICC 32-37 4.2.2.1 Main strategies of request: direct and indirect 32-33 4.2.2.2 Sub-strategies of request 33-37 4.2.3 Social variables in the use of request strategies in English email texts of ICC 37-44 4.2.3.1 Power in the use of request strategies English email texts of ICC 37-38 4.2.3.2 The degree of imposition in the use of request strategies English email texts of ICC 38-39 4.2.3.3 Social distance in the use of request strategies English email texts of ICC 39-41 4.2.3.4 Email discourse analysis from social variables 41-44 4.2.4 Modifications of request in English email texts of ICC 44-47 4.2.4.1 Internal modifications of request 45-46 4.2.4.2 External modifications of request: supportive moves 46-47 4.3 Summary 47-48 Chapter Five Findings and Implications 48-52 5.1 Major findings 48-50 5.1.1 The choices of request forms in English email texts of ICC 48 5.1.2 The choices of request strategies in English email texts of ICC 48-49 5.1.3 The social variables in English email texts of ICC 49-50 5.1.4 The choices of modifications in English email texts of ICC 50 5.2 Pedagogical implications 50-52 5.2.1 The importance of developing linguistic knowledge 50-51 5.2.2 The importance of developing pragmatic knowledge 51-52 Chapter Six Conclusion 52-53 References 53-56 List of Tables and Figures 56-57 Appendix 57-60 Acknowledgements 60-61 攻读硕士学位期间的探讨成果 61 |
