| Abstract | 第1-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-11页 |
| Introduction | 第11-18页 |
| 1.Background of Linguistic Taboo | 第11-14页 |
| 2.The Importance of Studying Linguistic Taboo | 第14-15页 |
| 3.The Purpose and the Layout of the Thesis | 第15-18页 |
| Chapter One A Study of Linguistic Taboo | 第18-40页 |
| ·Definition of Linguistic Taboo | 第18-19页 |
| ·Factors of Linguistic Taboo | 第19-27页 |
| ·Word Fetishism | 第19-21页 |
| ·Psychological Factors | 第21-23页 |
| ·Cultural Factors | 第23-26页 |
| ·Politeness | 第26页 |
| ·Some Special Purposes | 第26-27页 |
| ·Main Features of Linguistic Taboo | 第27-30页 |
| ·Universality and Diversity | 第27-28页 |
| ·Stability and Temporality | 第28-29页 |
| ·Culture-specific and Context-dependent | 第29-30页 |
| ·Functions of Linguistic Taboo | 第30-32页 |
| ·Humor | 第30页 |
| ·Counterattack on Authority and Tradition | 第30-31页 |
| ·Show of Strength and Provocation | 第31页 |
| ·Catharsis | 第31-32页 |
| ·English Taboo and the Related Factors | 第32-40页 |
| ·Taboo on Names of God | 第32-34页 |
| ·Taboo on Death and Illness | 第34-35页 |
| ·Taboo on Vulgarities | 第35-37页 |
| ·Taboo on Discrimination | 第37-40页 |
| Chapter Two Theoretical Framework | 第40-53页 |
| ·Choice-making | 第40-43页 |
| ·Three Properties of Language | 第43-46页 |
| ·Angles of Investigation | 第46-51页 |
| ·Adaptation Theory Applied in the Present Study | 第51-53页 |
| Chapter Three Taboo as the Realization of Adaptation in Context | 第53-76页 |
| ·Linguistic Choices of English Taboo Results of Linguistic Adaptation | 第53-55页 |
| ·English Taboo as Adaptation To the Language User | 第55-59页 |
| ·Gender of the Language User | 第55-57页 |
| ·Age of the Language User | 第57-58页 |
| ·Level of Cultivation of the Language User | 第58页 |
| ·Relationship of the Language Users | 第58-59页 |
| ·English Taboo as Adaptation to the Mental World | 第59-62页 |
| ·The Role of the Mental World | 第59-61页 |
| ·Linguistic Adaptation to the Psychological Motivation | 第61-62页 |
| ·English Taboo as Adaptation to the Social World | 第62-71页 |
| ·The Role of the Social World | 第63-64页 |
| ·Linguistic Adaptation to the Social World | 第64-71页 |
| ·Adaptation to the Social Norms/Conventions | 第65-69页 |
| ·Adaptation to the Institutional Power | 第69-71页 |
| ·English Taboo as Adaptation to the Physical World | 第71-76页 |
| Chapter Four Pragmatic Failure Related to English Taboo and the Strategies | 第76-100页 |
| ·Linguistic Transfer in Intercultural Communication | 第76-77页 |
| ·Pragmatic Failure in Intercultural Communication | 第77-89页 |
| ·Pragmalinguistic Failure | 第79-82页 |
| ·Sociopragmatic Failure | 第82-84页 |
| ·English taboo and Pragmatic Failure | 第84-89页 |
| ·Pragmatic Failure at the Phonetic Level | 第85-86页 |
| ·Pragmatic Failure at the Lexical Level | 第86-87页 |
| ·Pragmatic Failure Involving Taboo Topics | 第87-88页 |
| ·Pragmatic Failure at the Syntactic Level | 第88-89页 |
| ·Strategies to Avoid English Taboo | 第89-100页 |
| ·Using Euphemism | 第91-95页 |
| ·Using Indirect Language | 第95-97页 |
| ·Using Vague Language | 第97-100页 |
| Conclusion | 第100-105页 |
| Bibliography | 第105-109页 |
| Appendix | 第109-111页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第111-113页 |
