| Contents | 第1-5页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第5-6页 |
| Abstract in English | 第6-9页 |
| Abstract in Chinese | 第9-11页 |
| Introduction | 第11-14页 |
| Chapter 1 Literature Review for the Study of Pragmatic Offence | 第14-25页 |
| ·Studies of Politeness in Linguistic Acts | 第14-21页 |
| ·Studies of Verbal Offence in Linguistic Acts | 第21-25页 |
| Chapter 2 Understanding Pragmtic Offence | 第25-42页 |
| ·Distinction of Offence Between Pragmatic Failure and Pragmatic Offence | 第25-26页 |
| ·Two Mainstreams of Pragmatic Offence | 第26-29页 |
| ·Types of Pragmatic offence | 第29-42页 |
| Chapter 3 Factors Concerning Pragmatic Offence | 第42-66页 |
| ·Intralinguistic and Extralinguistic Factors of PO | 第42-44页 |
| ·The Impact of Shared Knowledge on PO | 第44-46页 |
| ·Contextual Factors in PO | 第46-52页 |
| ·Cultural Stereotypes in PO | 第52-56页 |
| ·Forces in PO | 第56-63页 |
| ·Three Dimensions in PO | 第63-66页 |
| Chapter 4 Computation Mechanism in Pragmatic Offence | 第66-86页 |
| ·Introduction | 第66页 |
| ·Computation of Benefit and Cost in PO | 第66-69页 |
| ·Consideration of Face in PO | 第69-71页 |
| ·Social Deixis as Sign of Distance Change Between the Interlocutors in PO | 第71-72页 |
| ·Prediction of the Future Role of the Offended Target | 第72-74页 |
| ·Factors Involved in the Computation Mechanism | 第74-80页 |
| ·Schema of Computation of PO | 第80-86页 |
| Chapter 5 Counter-offence | 第86-101页 |
| ·Introduction | 第86-87页 |
| ·The Figure of Counter-offence | 第87页 |
| ·The Possible Tolerance of Offence | 第87-90页 |
| ·Types of Counter-offence | 第90-98页 |
| ·Native Concept in Counter-offence | 第98-99页 |
| ·A Case of Interaction Between Pragmatic Offence and Counter-offence | 第99-101页 |
| Conclusion | 第101-103页 |
| Bibliography | 第103-106页 |
