| English abstract | 第1-6页 |
| Chinese abstract | 第6-9页 |
| Ⅰ. Introduction | 第9-17页 |
| ·The object of the study | 第9-14页 |
| ·Two related phenomena | 第9-11页 |
| ·The definition of deliberate misinterpretation | 第11-13页 |
| ·The similarity and difference between DMI and misunderstanding | 第13-14页 |
| ·The rationale of the study | 第14-15页 |
| ·The objectives of the study | 第15-16页 |
| ·Methodology and data collection | 第16页 |
| ·The organization of the thesis | 第16-17页 |
| Ⅱ. A Review of related studies and Theoretical Background | 第17-26页 |
| ·A review of related studies | 第17-24页 |
| ·Deliberate misinterpretation from logical perspective | 第17-19页 |
| ·Deliberate misinterpretation from pragmatic perspective | 第19-24页 |
| ·Deceiving strategy | 第20页 |
| ·Protecting strategy | 第20-21页 |
| ·Misunderstanding strategy | 第21-23页 |
| ·Facework strategy | 第23页 |
| ·Communicative strategy | 第23-24页 |
| ·Deliberate misinterpretation from rhetoric perspective | 第24页 |
| ·Deliberate misinterpretation from integrate linguistic perspective | 第24页 |
| ·Theoretical Background | 第24-26页 |
| Ⅲ. Triggers of Deliberate Misinterpretation in Chinese Cross Talk | 第26-37页 |
| ·Minimal information provided by S1 | 第26-28页 |
| ·Indeterminacy of 51’s conversational utterance | 第28-37页 |
| ·Linguistic ambiguity in 51’s utterance | 第29-32页 |
| ·S1’s indirect speech acts | 第32-33页 |
| ·S1’s conversational implicature | 第33-34页 |
| ·figurative language | 第34-37页 |
| Ⅳ. Ways of Deliberate Misinterpretation in Chinese Cross Talk | 第37-44页 |
| ·Intentional Distortion | 第37-38页 |
| ·Creating new meaning | 第38-39页 |
| ·Disregarding the speech in situation | 第39-40页 |
| ·Being overliteral | 第40-42页 |
| ·Changing the topic | 第42-44页 |
| Ⅴ. Functioning of Deliberate Misinterpretation in Chinese Cross Talk | 第44-60页 |
| ·Contextual correlates affecting the choice of DMI | 第44-54页 |
| ·DMI as a means of adaptation to the social world | 第45-48页 |
| ·Adapting to social settings | 第45-46页 |
| ·Adapting to social norms | 第46-47页 |
| ·Adapting to the power relation | 第47-48页 |
| ·DMI as a means of adaptation to the mental world | 第48-54页 |
| ·Adaptations to personality | 第49-50页 |
| ·Adapting to motivations | 第50-53页 |
| ·Adapting to emotions | 第53-54页 |
| ·Communicative functions of DMI | 第54-60页 |
| ·Improving interpersonal relationship | 第54-57页 |
| ·Breaking a deadlock | 第54-56页 |
| ·Resolving interpersonal conflicts | 第56页 |
| ·Maintaining interpersonal harmony | 第56-57页 |
| ·Creating special communicative effects | 第57-60页 |
| ·Generating humorous effects | 第57-58页 |
| ·Creating sarcastic effects | 第58-60页 |
| Ⅵ. Conclusion | 第60-61页 |
| Bibliography | 第61-63页 |
| Appendix | 第63-64页 |
| Acknowledgement | 第64页 |
