| Descriptive Chinese Abstract | 第1-7页 |
| English Abstract | 第7-11页 |
| Chapter I Introduction | 第11-14页 |
| ·The Previous Study on Context | 第11-12页 |
| ·The Objective and Organization of the Thesis | 第12-14页 |
| Chapter II Understanding the Dynamic Context | 第14-33页 |
| ·A Brief Review of the Study of Pragmatic Context | 第14-22页 |
| ·Mey’s View of Context | 第14-16页 |
| ·Sperber and Wilson’s Cognitive Context | 第16-18页 |
| ·Jef Verschueren’s Adaptation Theory | 第18-22页 |
| ·The Classification of Context | 第22-24页 |
| ·Understanding the Dynamic Context | 第24-33页 |
| ·From a Synchronic Angle: The Synergy of Contextual Factors | 第24-26页 |
| ·From a Diachronic Angle: The Dynamic Context Generation Mechanism in Communication | 第26-33页 |
| Chapter III Context and Culture in Cross-Cultural Communication | 第33-39页 |
| ·Definition of Cross-Cultural communication | 第33页 |
| ·Context and Culture in Cross-Cultural communication | 第33-39页 |
| ·Hall’s High-context and Low-context Cultures | 第34-37页 |
| ·Hofstede’s Cultural Dimensions | 第37-39页 |
| Chapter IV The Dynamics of Contextual Synergy:From the Cross-Cultural Pragmatics Perspective | 第39-57页 |
| ·Contextual Synergy in Cross-Cultural Communication Context | 第39-41页 |
| ·Constitution of Cross-Cultural Communication Context | 第39-40页 |
| ·Contextual Synergy in Cross-Cultural Communication | 第40-41页 |
| ·Contextual Adaptive Synergy between the Participant Cultures | 第41-51页 |
| ·The Participant Cultures and Context | 第41-43页 |
| ·The Contextual Synergy between the Participant Cultures: A Four-Stage Paradigm | 第43-48页 |
| ·Cultural Empathy and Acculturated Culture | 第48-51页 |
| ·The Negotiation between Contextual Role and Cultural Identity | 第51-57页 |
| ·The Preexisted Cultural Conventions | 第51-52页 |
| ·Negotiation between Contextual Role and Cultural Identity:Two Determinants | 第52-57页 |
| Conclusion | 第57-59页 |
| References | 第59-62页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第62-63页 |
| Appendix A: Publications during the Program | 第63-64页 |
| Appendix B: Informative Chinese Abstract | 第64-66页 |