| Acknowledgements | 第1-8页 |
| Abstract | 第8-11页 |
| 摘要 | 第11-13页 |
| List of Figure and Tables | 第13-14页 |
| List of Abbreviations | 第14-15页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第15-20页 |
| ·Objective and Research Questions of the Study | 第15页 |
| ·Need for the Study | 第15-18页 |
| ·Overall Organization of the Thesis | 第18-20页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第20-49页 |
| ·Communicative Competence | 第20-23页 |
| ·Pragmatic Competence | 第23-26页 |
| ·Leech’s Pragmatic Competence | 第23-24页 |
| ·Bachman’s Pragmatic Competence | 第24-25页 |
| ·Ellis’s Studies on Pragmatic Competence | 第25-26页 |
| ·Relationship between Linguistic Proficiency and Pragmatic Competence | 第26-27页 |
| ·Pragmatic Failure | 第27-34页 |
| ·Definition of Pragmatic Failure | 第27-28页 |
| ·T ypes of Pragmatic Failure | 第28-30页 |
| ·Sources of Pragmatic Failure | 第30-34页 |
| ·Pragmatic Transfer | 第34-37页 |
| ·Definition and Types of Pragmatic Transfer | 第34-36页 |
| ·Studies on L1 Transfer | 第36-37页 |
| ·English and Chinese Politeness Differences | 第37-47页 |
| ·Politeness Formula | 第37-39页 |
| ·Politeness Theories Abroad | 第39-42页 |
| ·Leech’s Politeness Principles | 第39-41页 |
| ·Brown and Levinson’s Face Theory | 第41-42页 |
| ·Chinese Scholars’Politeness Model | 第42-45页 |
| ·Politeness Relativity | 第45页 |
| ·Factors Influencing Politeness System | 第45-47页 |
| ·Power (﹢P, ﹣P) | 第46-47页 |
| ·Distance (﹢D, ﹣D) | 第47页 |
| ·Summary | 第47-49页 |
| Chapter 3 Methodology | 第49-58页 |
| ·Introduction | 第49页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第49-50页 |
| ·Subjects | 第50-51页 |
| ·Instruments | 第51-55页 |
| ·Operational Definitions of key terms | 第51-52页 |
| ·Linguistic Competence and Linguistic Proficiency | 第51-52页 |
| ·Pragmatic Competence | 第52页 |
| ·English Pragmatic Failure Assessment | 第52-55页 |
| ·Reasons to Choose the Method | 第52-54页 |
| ·Questionnaire | 第54-55页 |
| ·English Language Proficiency Assessment | 第55页 |
| ·Data Collection | 第55-56页 |
| ·Data Analysis | 第56-58页 |
| Chapter 4 Results and Discussion | 第58-77页 |
| ·Introduction | 第58页 |
| ·Results of Pragmatic Competence | 第58-60页 |
| ·Relationship between Linguistic Proficiency and Pragmatic Competence | 第60-64页 |
| ·Pragmatic Failure Produced by College English Learners and Causes of Their Pragmatic Failure | 第64-77页 |
| ·Pragmatic Failure Produced by College English Learners | 第65-75页 |
| ·Failure in Addressing | 第66-67页 |
| ·Failure in Greeting | 第67页 |
| ·Failure in Parting | 第67-69页 |
| ·Failure in Requests and Responses | 第69-71页 |
| ·Failure in Responses to Thanks and Compliments | 第71-72页 |
| ·Failure in Response to Inviting and Offering | 第72-73页 |
| ·Failure in Response to Apology | 第73页 |
| ·Failure in Choice of Conversational Topics | 第73-75页 |
| ·Possible Causes for Pragmatic Failure | 第75-77页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第77-85页 |
| ·Introduction | 第77页 |
| ·Summary of Major Findings | 第77-79页 |
| ·Pedagogic Implications | 第79-82页 |
| ·Limitations of the study | 第82-83页 |
| ·Recommendations for Future Research | 第83-85页 |
| References | 第85-88页 |
| Appendix | 第88-91页 |
