| ACKNOWLEDGEMENT | 第1-5页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第5-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-8页 |
| LIST OF FIGURES | 第8-9页 |
| LIST OF TABLES | 第9-10页 |
| TABLE OF CONTENTS | 第10-13页 |
| 1 CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION | 第13-18页 |
| ·OVERVIEW | 第13-14页 |
| ·THE SIGNIFICANCE AND RATIONALE OF THE PRESENT STUDY | 第14-16页 |
| ·THESIS STRUCTURE | 第16-18页 |
| 2 CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE REVIEW | 第18-38页 |
| ·OVERVIEW | 第18页 |
| ·DEFINITION OF INTERPRETATION | 第18-21页 |
| ·Interpretation as a translational activity | 第18-19页 |
| ·Interpretation as a communicative activity | 第19-20页 |
| ·Origin and development of interpretation | 第20-21页 |
| ·PRAGMATIC FAILURE | 第21-25页 |
| ·The definition of pragmatic failure | 第21-23页 |
| ·The classification of pragmatic failure | 第23-25页 |
| ·Pragmalinguistic failure | 第23-25页 |
| ·Sociopragmatic failure | 第25页 |
| ·RESEARCHES ON PRAGMATIC FAILURE | 第25-36页 |
| ·Research on pragmatic failure abroad | 第25-27页 |
| ·Research on pragmatic failure at home | 第27-34页 |
| ·Pragmatic failure and cross-cultural communication | 第27-28页 |
| ·Pragmatic failure and second language acquisition | 第28-30页 |
| ·Pragmatic failure and foreign language teaching | 第30-32页 |
| ·Pragmatic failure and pragmatic transfer | 第32-33页 |
| ·Pragmatic failure and cognition | 第33页 |
| ·Pragmatic failure and translation | 第33-34页 |
| ·Pragmatic failure and adaptation theory | 第34页 |
| ·Advantages of previous studies | 第34-35页 |
| ·Limitations of previous studies | 第35-36页 |
| ·The perspective of the present study | 第36页 |
| ·SUMMARY | 第36-38页 |
| 3 CHAPTER THREE THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK | 第38-46页 |
| ·OVERVIEW | 第38页 |
| ·PRAGMATIC FAILURE | 第38-39页 |
| ·Pragmalinguistic failure | 第38-39页 |
| ·Sociopragmatic failure | 第39页 |
| ·ADAPTATION THEORY | 第39-43页 |
| ·THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK FOR THE PRESENT STUDY | 第43-44页 |
| ·SPECIFIC RESEARCH QUESTIONS | 第44-45页 |
| ·SUMMARY | 第45-46页 |
| 4 CHAPTER FOUR METHODOLOGY | 第46-51页 |
| ·OVERVIEW | 第46页 |
| ·SUBJECTS | 第46-47页 |
| ·INSTRUMENTATION | 第47-49页 |
| ·A PILOT STUDY OF QUESTIONNAIRE DESIGNED | 第49-50页 |
| ·DATA COLLECTION | 第50页 |
| ·DATA ANALYSIS | 第50-51页 |
| 5 CHAPTER 5 RESULTS | 第51-61页 |
| ·OVERVTEW | 第51页 |
| ·RESULTS | 第51-61页 |
| ·Comparison of overall pragmatic failure rates | 第51-53页 |
| ·Failure in pursuing parallelism | 第53-54页 |
| ·Failure in applying Chinese language pattern | 第54-56页 |
| ·Failure in following practices in English | 第56-57页 |
| ·Failure in using full sentences | 第57-58页 |
| ·Failure in translating slang | 第58-59页 |
| ·Failure in mapping language and context | 第59-61页 |
| 6 CHAPTER SIX FINDINGS AND DISCUSSIONS | 第61-69页 |
| ·OVERVIEW | 第61页 |
| ·MAJOR FINDINGS | 第61-63页 |
| ·CAUSES OF PRAGMATIC FAILURE FROM PERSPECTIVE OF ADAPTATION THEORY | 第63-65页 |
| ·Fail to make adaptation to social conventions | 第63-64页 |
| ·Fail to make adaptation to cultural conventions | 第64-65页 |
| ·MEASURES TO AVOID OR REDUCE PRAGMATIC FAILURE | 第65-66页 |
| ·CONCLUSION | 第66-67页 |
| ·LIMITATIONS | 第67-69页 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 第69-73页 |
| APPENDIX1 | 第73-80页 |
