| Acknowledgements | 第1-4页 |
| Abstract | 第4-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-9页 |
| 1. Introduction | 第9-11页 |
| ·Significance of the research | 第9-10页 |
| ·Organization of this thesis | 第10-11页 |
| 2. Literature review | 第11-20页 |
| ·Pragmatic failure in communication | 第11页 |
| ·Definitions of pragmatic failure | 第11-15页 |
| ·Critical review of pragmatic failure | 第11-15页 |
| ·Working definition of pragmatic failure for this thesis | 第15页 |
| ·Approaches to pragmatic failure | 第15-19页 |
| ·Cross-cultural communication approach | 第15-17页 |
| ·Cognitive approach | 第17-18页 |
| ·Second language acquisition approach | 第18页 |
| ·Foreign language teaching approach | 第18-19页 |
| ·Inadequacy of previous studies | 第19-20页 |
| 3. The analysis of pragmatic failure in reference to adaptation theory | 第20-28页 |
| ·Adaptation theory | 第20-24页 |
| ·Adaptation theory and pragmatic failure | 第24-28页 |
| 4. Research design and data analysis | 第28-59页 |
| ·Research design | 第28-31页 |
| ·Purposes of the research | 第28-29页 |
| ·Research methodology | 第29页 |
| ·Sources of data | 第29-31页 |
| ·Data analysis | 第31-58页 |
| ·The quantitative analysis of the questionnaire | 第31-33页 |
| ·The qualitative analysis of the questionnaire | 第33-58页 |
| ·Failure in adapting to the communicative context | 第33-51页 |
| ·Failure in adapting to the language user | 第33-34页 |
| ·Failure in adapting to the mental world | 第34-38页 |
| ·Failure in adapting to the social world | 第38-44页 |
| ·Failure in adapting to the physical world | 第44-51页 |
| ·Failure in adapting to linguistic structure | 第51-58页 |
| ·Failure in adapting to sound structure | 第51-53页 |
| ·Failure in adapting to words | 第53-57页 |
| ·Failure in adapting to sentences | 第57-58页 |
| ·Summary | 第58-59页 |
| 5 Implications for foreign language teaching | 第59-64页 |
| ·The importance of cultivating students’ pragmatic competence and intercultural communication competence | 第59-60页 |
| ·Practical suggestions for foreign language teaching | 第60-64页 |
| 6. Conclusion | 第64-67页 |
| Bibliography | 第67-70页 |
| Appendix | 第70-73页 |
| 攻读学位期间取得的研究成果 | 第73-75页 |
