| 内容提要 | 第1-5页 |
| Synopsis | 第5-9页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第9-12页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第12-27页 |
| ·Pragmatic Failure | 第12-15页 |
| ·Definition of Pragmatic Failure | 第12-14页 |
| ·Classification of Pragmatic Failure | 第14-15页 |
| ·Address Forms | 第15-23页 |
| ·Definition of Address Forms | 第16-17页 |
| ·Classification of Address Forms | 第17页 |
| ·Contrastive Studies on English and Chinese Address Forms | 第17-23页 |
| ·Previous Studies on Pragmatic Failure of Address Forms | 第23-27页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Framework | 第27-62页 |
| ·Introduction to the Adaptation Theory | 第27-34页 |
| ·Verschueren and His Concept of Pragmatics | 第27页 |
| ·Verschueren’s Linguistic Adaptation Theory | 第27-32页 |
| ·The Four Angles of the Adaptation Theory | 第32-34页 |
| ·Contextual Correlates of Adaptability | 第34-40页 |
| ·Making Adaptation to the Language Users | 第35-36页 |
| ·Making Adaptation to the Social World | 第36页 |
| ·Making Adaptation to the Mental World | 第36-37页 |
| ·Making Adaptation to the Physical World | 第37-40页 |
| Chapter Four The Application of the Adaptation Theory to Pragmatic Failure of Address Forms in The Joy Luck Club | 第40-42页 |
| ·Plot Review | 第42-44页 |
| ·Pragmatic Failure of Address Forms in The Joy Luck Club | 第44-62页 |
| ·Pragmatic Failure in Adapting to the Social World | 第44-56页 |
| ·Pragmatic Failure in Adapting to the Mental World | 第56-59页 |
| ·Pragmatic Failure in Adapting to the Physical World | 第59-62页 |
| Chapter Five Suggested Measures to Reduce Pragmatic Failure | 第62-72页 |
| ·Measures to Be Taken by Language Users | 第62-64页 |
| ·Measures to Be Taken in Foreign Language Teaching | 第64-72页 |
| ·Incorporating Language Teaching and Comparative Study of Culture | 第65-68页 |
| ·Providing Authentic Teaching Materials | 第68-69页 |
| ·Improving Testing Methods | 第69-72页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第72-74页 |
| References | 第74-79页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第79-80页 |
| 摘要 | 第80-83页 |
| Abstract | 第83-87页 |
