| Abstract | 第1-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-12页 |
| Introduction | 第12-16页 |
| Chapter 1 A Survey of Models of Communication | 第16-41页 |
| ·Code Model | 第16-20页 |
| ·Inferential Model | 第20-24页 |
| ·Ostensive-Inferential Model | 第24-29页 |
| ·Adaptation Model | 第29-39页 |
| ·Three Properties of Language | 第31-35页 |
| ·Four Angles of Investigation | 第35-39页 |
| ·Summary | 第39-41页 |
| Chapter 2 A Description of the Adaptation-Relevance Model | 第41-63页 |
| ·Notions of Context Adopted in the Model | 第42-48页 |
| ·Limitations of Previous Studies on Context | 第42-44页 |
| ·Context from the Perspective of Relevance Theory | 第44-46页 |
| ·Context in the Light of Adaptation Theory | 第46-48页 |
| ·Notions of the Adaptation-Relevance Model | 第48-63页 |
| ·Communication as Relevance-Oriented | 第48-53页 |
| ·The Adaptation-Relevance: Interadaptation Between Linguistc Choices and Context Choices | 第53-58页 |
| ·The Presumption of Relevance: Deciding Choices of a Particular Utterance | 第58-60页 |
| ·The Adaptation-Relevance: Strategy Choosing | 第60-63页 |
| Chapter 3 Extra-linguistic Adaptation in Cross-cultural Communication | 第63-89页 |
| ·Adaptation to the Mental World | 第64-74页 |
| ·The Cognitive Elements | 第65-70页 |
| ·The Emotive Elements | 第70-74页 |
| ·Adaptation to the Social World | 第74-83页 |
| ·Social Relationships | 第75-79页 |
| ·Cultural Values | 第79-83页 |
| ·Adaptation to the Physical World | 第83-89页 |
| ·Temporal Reference | 第84-86页 |
| ·Spatial Reference | 第86-89页 |
| Chapter 4 Applications of the Adaptation-Relevance Model in Cross-cultural Communication | 第89-104页 |
| ·The Cross-cultural Pragmatics of Speech Act | 第89-94页 |
| ·The Concept of Cross-cultural Pragmatics | 第89-91页 |
| ·The Concept of Speech Act in Cross-cultural Pragmatics | 第91-94页 |
| ·Analysis of Speech Act by the Adaptation-Relevance Model | 第94-99页 |
| ·The Adaptation-Relevance Model Explaining Speech Act | 第94-97页 |
| ·Case Studies | 第97-99页 |
| ·Enhancing Cross-cultural Communicative Competence | 第99-104页 |
| ·The Source of Misunderstanding | 第99-101页 |
| ·Proposals for Enhancing Cross-cultural Communicative Competence | 第101-104页 |
| Conclusion | 第104-107页 |
| Bibliography | 第107-113页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第113-114页 |
| Resume | 第114页 |
