| Abstract in Chinese | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract in English | 第5-7页 |
| Contents | 第7-9页 |
| Chapter 1: Introduction | 第9-13页 |
| 1．1 Problems existed in cross-cultural communication | 第9-10页 |
| 1．2 Aims of research | 第10页 |
| 1．3 Significance | 第10-12页 |
| 1．4 Dissertation outline | 第12-13页 |
| Chapter 2: Literature Review | 第13-16页 |
| Chapter 3: Culture and Communication | 第16-23页 |
| 3．1 What is culture? | 第16-18页 |
| 3．1．1 The definition of culture | 第16-18页 |
| 3．1．2 Surface-structure and deep-structure of culture | 第18页 |
| 3．2 The characteristics of culture | 第18-21页 |
| 3．2．1 Culture is learned rather than genetically transmitted | 第19页 |
| 3．2．2 Language is an important part of culture | 第19-20页 |
| 3．2．3 Culture is ethnocentric and concept of the universe is the core of culture | 第20页 |
| 3．2．4 Culture is dynamic, pluralistic, infiltrating | 第20-21页 |
| 3．3 The relationship between communication and culture | 第21-23页 |
| 3．3．1 Communication and cross-cultural communication | 第21-22页 |
| 3．3．2 The relationship between communication and culture | 第22-23页 |
| Chapter 4: Sociocultural Transfer and Its Impact on Communication | 第23-45页 |
| 4．1 What is sociocultural transfer | 第23-24页 |
| 4．2 Surface-structure sociocultural transfer | 第24-25页 |
| 4．3 Deep-structure sociocultural transfer | 第25-45页 |
| 4．3．1 Introduction | 第25-26页 |
| 4．3．2 Understanding deep-structure sociocultural transfer | 第26-27页 |
| 4．3．3 Case study 1 Different value orientation on money | 第27-32页 |
| 4．3．4 Case study 2 Direct vs． indirect | 第32-35页 |
| 4．3．5 Case study 3 Individualism vs． collectivism and individual privacy vs． group privacy | 第35-43页 |
| 4．3．6 Summary | 第43-45页 |
| Chapter 5: Implications | 第45-48页 |
| 5．1 Implications | 第45-47页 |
| 5．1．1 Language proficiency does not mean cultural proficiency or cultural competence | 第45页 |
| 5．1．2 Culture is not primarily a laundry list of facts | 第45-46页 |
| 5．1．3 Culture understanding also applies to the understanding of one's own culture | 第46页 |
| 5．1．4 Learning foreign sociocultural values and rules nay not ensure acquisition | 第46-47页 |
| 5．2 Limitations of the cases studies in this dissertation | 第47-48页 |
| Chapter 6: Conclusion | 第48-50页 |
| Acknowledgments | 第50-51页 |
| References | 第51-54页 |
| Appendix: Published papers | 第54页 |
