| 摘要 | 第1-4页 |
| Abstract | 第4-8页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第8-12页 |
| ·Aim and Significance of the Research | 第8-9页 |
| ·Research Scope and Methodology | 第9-10页 |
| ·Source of Data | 第10页 |
| ·Structure of the Thesis | 第10-12页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第12-26页 |
| ·Definition of misunderstanding | 第12-17页 |
| ·Previous definitions of misunderstanding | 第12-13页 |
| ·Comments on previous definitions | 第13-14页 |
| ·Misunderstanding and its related concepts | 第14-17页 |
| ·Intercultural misunderstanding | 第17-19页 |
| ·Culture and communication | 第17-18页 |
| ·Intercultural communication | 第18页 |
| ·Intercultural misunderstanding | 第18-19页 |
| ·Previous studies on misunderstanding abroad and at home | 第19-25页 |
| ·Previous studies on misunderstanding abroad | 第19-23页 |
| ·Previous studies on misunderstandign at home | 第23-25页 |
| ·Achievements and limitations of the previous study | 第25-26页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Framework | 第26-35页 |
| ·Ostensive-inferential Communication | 第26-29页 |
| ·The code model | 第26-27页 |
| ·The inferentical model | 第27-28页 |
| ·Ostensive-inferential communication | 第28-29页 |
| ·The principles of relevance | 第29-31页 |
| ·The definition of relevance | 第29-30页 |
| ·Two principles of relevance | 第30-31页 |
| ·Context | 第31-32页 |
| ·The relevance-theoretic comprehension procedure | 第32-33页 |
| ·Non-demonstrative inference | 第33-34页 |
| ·Summary | 第34-35页 |
| Chapter Four Relevance-theoretic Account of Misunderstanding inIntercultural Communication | 第35-49页 |
| ·A relevance-theoretic analysis of misunderstanding in intercultural communication | 第35-45页 |
| ·Lack of ostention | 第35-36页 |
| ·Ambiguous ostension | 第36-37页 |
| ·Overestimation of hearer’s resources | 第37-38页 |
| ·Failures to recognize the implicature | 第38-40页 |
| ·Misunderstanding of the implicated premise | 第40-42页 |
| ·Searching for optimal relevance | 第42-43页 |
| ·Discrepency between the speaker’s intended context and the hearer'tually-used context | 第43-45页 |
| ·A relevance-theoretic definition of misunderstanding | 第45-46页 |
| ·Strategies of avoiding misunderstanding | 第46-48页 |
| ·Summary | 第48-49页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第49-52页 |
| ·Major findings of the present study | 第49-50页 |
| ·Limitations and suggestions for further research | 第50-52页 |
| Bibliography | 第52-55页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第55-56页 |
| 攻读硕士学位期间的研究成果 | 第56页 |
