| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-9页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第9-12页 |
| Chapter Two Literature and Theoretical Framework | 第12-27页 |
| ·Pragmatic Failure | 第12-15页 |
| ·Pragmalinguistic Failure | 第12-13页 |
| ·Sociopragmatic Failure | 第13-14页 |
| ·Other Definitions of Pragmatic Failure | 第14页 |
| ·The Definition of Pragmatic Failure in This Thesis | 第14-15页 |
| ·Researches on Pragmatic Failure Abroad and at Home | 第15-20页 |
| ·Research on Pragmatic Failure Abroad | 第15-16页 |
| ·Domestic Research on Pragmatic Failure | 第16-20页 |
| ·Pragmatic Failure and Cultural Differences | 第16-17页 |
| ·Pragmatic Failure and Cognition | 第17页 |
| ·Pragmatic failure and Foreign Language Teaching | 第17-19页 |
| ·Pragmatic Failure and Pragmatic Transfer | 第19-20页 |
| ·Pragmatic failure and Adaptation Theory | 第20页 |
| ·Communicative Competence | 第20-22页 |
| ·The Theoretical Framework ---The Adaptation Theory | 第22-26页 |
| ·The Pragmatic Perspective | 第22-23页 |
| ·The Adaptation Theory | 第23-26页 |
| ·Summary | 第26-27页 |
| Chapter Three Research Design and Data Analysis | 第27-32页 |
| ·Purpose of the research | 第27页 |
| ·Subjects | 第27-28页 |
| ·Method of Data Collection and the Questionnaire | 第28-29页 |
| ·Procedure | 第29页 |
| ·Data Analysis | 第29-31页 |
| ·Summary | 第31-32页 |
| Chapter Four Causes of Pragmatic Failure | 第32-52页 |
| ·Failure to Make Adaptation to the Linguistic Reality | 第32-38页 |
| ·Failure to Make Adaptation in Vocabulary | 第33-35页 |
| ·Failure to Make Adaptation at Phrase and Sentence level | 第35-36页 |
| ·Failure to Make Adaptation at Discourse Level | 第36-38页 |
| ·Failure to Make Adaptation to the Social World | 第38-41页 |
| ·Failure to Make Adaptation to the Interlocutor’s Social Position | 第39-40页 |
| ·Failure to Make Adaptation to the Interlocutor’s Age | 第40页 |
| ·Failure to Make Adaptation to the Cultural Conventions | 第40-41页 |
| ·Failure to Make Adaptation to the Mental World | 第41-46页 |
| ·Failure to Make Adaptation to the Emotion of Language User | 第42-43页 |
| ·Failure to Make Adaptation to the Expectations of Language User | 第43-44页 |
| ·Failure to Make Adaptation to the Personality of Language User | 第44-45页 |
| ·Failure to Make Adaptation to the Value Systems | 第45-46页 |
| ·Failure to Make Adaptation to the Physical World | 第46-50页 |
| ·Failure to Make Adaptation to the Temporal References | 第47-48页 |
| ·Failure to Make Adaptation to the Spatial Reference | 第48-50页 |
| ·Summary | 第50-52页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第52-56页 |
| ·Summary of the Thesis | 第52-53页 |
| ·Measures to Reduce or Avoid Pragmatic Failure | 第53-54页 |
| ·Limitations of this Thesis and Suggestions for Further Study | 第54-56页 |
| Bibliography | 第56-60页 |
| Appendix I | 第60-66页 |
| Appendix II | 第66页 |
