| Chapter One Introduction | 第1-15页 |
| ·Overall structure of the thesis | 第10-11页 |
| ·Rationale for the study | 第11-14页 |
| ·Significance of the study | 第14-15页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第15-27页 |
| ·J. Thomas' theory on pragmatic failure | 第15-17页 |
| ·Speech act theory | 第17-18页 |
| ·Indirect speech acts | 第18-19页 |
| ·The Politeness Principle | 第19-21页 |
| ·Chinese scholars' research on pragmatic failure | 第21-24页 |
| ·Summary | 第24-27页 |
| Chapter Three Research Methodology | 第27-32页 |
| ·Research hypotheses | 第28页 |
| ·Subjects: senior students | 第28页 |
| ·Instruments: questionnaire and writing tasks | 第28-31页 |
| ·Data-collection of research questions | 第31页 |
| ·Data-analysis of research questions | 第31-32页 |
| Chapter Four Results and discussion | 第32-55页 |
| ·Results | 第32-41页 |
| ·Pragmatic failure in address forms | 第34-38页 |
| ·Pragmatic failure in other speech acts | 第38-39页 |
| ·Pragmatic failure in discourse | 第39-41页 |
| ·Writing Samples and analysis | 第41-45页 |
| ·Discussion: the causes of the failures | 第45-55页 |
| ·Lack of culture awareness | 第45-49页 |
| ·Ignorance of politeness degree | 第49-50页 |
| ·Improper use of speech acts | 第50-55页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第55-59页 |
| ·General conclusion of study | 第55页 |
| ·Pedagogical implications of study | 第55-59页 |
| ·Improvement of teachers' cultural awareness | 第55-56页 |
| ·Improvement of students' cultural awareness | 第56页 |
| ·Full use of textbooks | 第56-59页 |
| Bibliography | 第59-62页 |
| Appendix | 第62-63页 |
