| Acknowledgements | 第1-4页 |
| Abstract | 第4-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-8页 |
| Contents | 第8-11页 |
| List of Tables and Figures | 第11-12页 |
| Abbreviation Used in This Thesis | 第12-13页 |
| Chapter one Introduction | 第13-20页 |
| ·Research Background | 第13-15页 |
| ·Significance of the Study | 第15-16页 |
| ·Definitions | 第16-18页 |
| ·Cross-cultural Communication | 第16页 |
| ·Pragmatic Failure | 第16-17页 |
| ·Pragmalinguistic Failure | 第17-18页 |
| ·Sociopragrnatic Failure | 第18页 |
| ·Research Objectives | 第18-19页 |
| ·Organization of the Thesis | 第19-20页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第20-36页 |
| ·The Research on Relative Theories | 第20-25页 |
| ·Speech Act Theory | 第20-22页 |
| ·Cooperative Principle and Conversational Implicature | 第22-23页 |
| ·Politeness Principle | 第23-24页 |
| ·Face Theory | 第24页 |
| ·Context | 第24-25页 |
| ·Research on Pragmatic Failure abroad | 第25-32页 |
| ·Thomas—the founder of pragmatic failure research | 第25-28页 |
| ·Research on Pragmalinguistic and Sociolinguistic Failure | 第28-31页 |
| ·Pragmatic Failure Research on the Perspective of Transfer | 第31页 |
| ·Pragmatic Failure Research on the Perspective of Discourse Strategies | 第31-32页 |
| ·Research on Pragmatic Failures at Home | 第32-34页 |
| ·Research Methods on Pragmatic Failure | 第34页 |
| ·Summary | 第34-36页 |
| Chapter Three Research Methodology | 第36-45页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第36页 |
| ·Subjects | 第36-37页 |
| ·Instrument | 第37-41页 |
| ·Discourse Completion Test | 第37-38页 |
| ·Advantages of DCT | 第38-39页 |
| ·DCT Design | 第39-41页 |
| ·Research Implementation | 第41-44页 |
| ·Data Collection | 第41-42页 |
| ·Data Analysis | 第42-44页 |
| ·Summary | 第44-45页 |
| Chapter Four Results and Discussion | 第45-68页 |
| ·Frequency Distribution of Pragmatic Failures | 第45-47页 |
| ·General Patterns of High School Students' Pragmatic Failures | 第47-55页 |
| ·Pragmatic Failures in High Frequency | 第47-49页 |
| ·Pragmatic Failures in the Medium Frequency | 第49-52页 |
| ·Pragmatic Failures in Low Frequency | 第52-55页 |
| ·Differences of Pragmatic Failures between Key/Non-key High School Students | 第55-61页 |
| ·Quantitative Analysis on Differences between Key/Non-key High School Students' Pragmatic Failures | 第55-59页 |
| ·Mean Differences of Pragmatic Failures between Key/Non-key High School Students | 第56-57页 |
| ·Differences of Frequency Distribution of Pragmatic Failures | 第57-59页 |
| ·Qualitative analysis on Pattern differences of Pragmatic Failures between Key/Non-key High School Students | 第59-61页 |
| ·Discussion on the Possible Reasons for High School Students'Pragmatic Failures | 第61-67页 |
| ·Pragmatic Transfer in High School Students' Cross-cultural Communication | 第61-62页 |
| ·Transfer on Linguistic Aspects | 第62-63页 |
| ·Transfer on Cultural Aspects | 第63-65页 |
| ·Lacking of Pragmatic Principles | 第65-67页 |
| ·Summary | 第67-68页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第68-73页 |
| ·Major Findings | 第68-69页 |
| ·Pedagogical Implications | 第69-73页 |
| ·Cultural Awareness Cultivation | 第69-70页 |
| ·Pragmatic Principle Inputting | 第70-71页 |
| ·Linguistic Competence Strength | 第71-72页 |
| ·Limitations | 第72-73页 |
| Bibliography | 第73-77页 |
| Appendix Ⅰ | 第77-79页 |
| Appendix Ⅱ | 第79-80页 |
