| Abstract | 第1-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-9页 |
| 1 Introduction | 第9-13页 |
| ·The Background of the Study | 第9-10页 |
| ·The significance of the study | 第10-11页 |
| ·The Purpose of Thesis | 第11页 |
| ·The Organization of Thesis | 第11-13页 |
| 2 Literature Review | 第13-31页 |
| ·Grice’s Cooperative Principle | 第13页 |
| ·The Leech’s Politeness Principle | 第13-14页 |
| ·Definition and Classifications of Pragmatic Failure | 第14-16页 |
| ·Manifestation of Pragmatic Failure in Cross-culture Communication | 第16-27页 |
| ·Manifestation of Pragma-linguistic Failure | 第16-19页 |
| ·Socio-pragmatic Failure | 第19-27页 |
| ·Researches on Cross-cultural Communication at Home and Abroad | 第27-31页 |
| ·Previous Studies on Cross-cultural CommunicationAbroad | 第27-28页 |
| ·Previous studies on Cross-cultural Communication in China | 第28-31页 |
| 3. Research Design | 第31-33页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第31页 |
| ·Participants | 第31页 |
| ·Instruments | 第31-32页 |
| ·Research Procedures | 第32-33页 |
| 4. Results and Discussion | 第33-49页 |
| ·The Results of Questionnaire | 第33-34页 |
| ·Discussions | 第34-37页 |
| ·Analysis of Pragmatic Failure inAddressing and Greeting | 第34-35页 |
| ·Analysis of Pragmatic Failure in Parting | 第35页 |
| ·Analysis of Pragmatic Failure in Compliment | 第35-36页 |
| ·Analysis of Pragmatic Failure in Offering and Inviting | 第36页 |
| ·Analysis of Pragmatic Failure in Refusing | 第36页 |
| ·Analysis of Pragmatic Failure in Request | 第36页 |
| ·Analysis of Pragmatic Failure inApology | 第36-37页 |
| ·Analysis of Pragmatic Failure in Thanks | 第37页 |
| ·Analysis of Pragmatic Failure in Pragma-linguistic Failure | 第37页 |
| ·Potential Causes of Pragmatic Failure | 第37-43页 |
| ·Cultural Differences | 第37-41页 |
| ·Lacking the Knowledge of Cultural Context | 第41-43页 |
| ·Lack of Relevant Cultural Knowledge about Western Countries | 第43页 |
| ·Tentative Solutions to Avoiding Pragmatic Failure in Intercultural Communication | 第43-49页 |
| ·Learning Each Other’s Culture and Enhancing the Cultural Consensus | 第44-45页 |
| ·Cultivating the Pragmatic Competence | 第45-46页 |
| ·Cultivating the Competence of Intercultural Communication | 第46-47页 |
| ·Improving the Pragmatic Empathy Competence | 第47-49页 |
| 5 Conclusion | 第49-51页 |
| ·Major Findings | 第49页 |
| ·Implications | 第49-50页 |
| ·Limitations | 第50-51页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第51-53页 |
| Bibliography | 第53-55页 |
| Appendix | 第55-59页 |
