| Abstract | 第1-9页 |
| 内容摘要 | 第9-13页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第13-17页 |
| ·Orientation of the Present Study | 第13-14页 |
| ·Rationale | 第14-16页 |
| ·Organization of the Thesis | 第16-17页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第17-22页 |
| Chapter Three Relevance Theory | 第22-40页 |
| ·Main Assumptions of Relevance Theory | 第23-38页 |
| ·Ostensive-inferential Model | 第23-27页 |
| ·Context | 第27-31页 |
| ·Mutual Manifestness | 第31-33页 |
| ·The Principle of Relevance | 第33-38页 |
| ·Some Comments on Relevance Theory | 第38-40页 |
| Chapter Four A Study of Phatics in Cross-cultural Communication in Light of Relevance Theory | 第40-62页 |
| ·Cross-cultural Communication and Relevance Theory | 第41-43页 |
| ·Cross-cultural Phatic Communication and Relevance Theory | 第43-60页 |
| ·An Analysis of Smooth Cross-cultural Phatic Communication | 第44-48页 |
| ·Context in Cross-cultural Phatic Communication | 第48-50页 |
| ·Safe Topics in Cross-cultural Phatic Communication | 第50-51页 |
| ·Miscommunication in Cross-cultural Phatic Communication | 第51-60页 |
| ·Moving from Superficial to Unsuperficial | 第52-54页 |
| ·Inadvertent Impoliteness | 第54-55页 |
| ·Misunderstanding of the Implicated Premise | 第55-57页 |
| ·Failure to Recognize Implicature and Explicature | 第57-59页 |
| ·Ignorance of Safe Topics | 第59-60页 |
| ·Summary | 第60-62页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第62-65页 |
| Bibliography | 第65-68页 |
