| Acknowledgements | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract （Chinese） | 第7-8页 |
| Abstract （English） | 第8-10页 |
| Ⅰ． Introduction | 第10-21页 |
| Ⅰ． 1 Austin's Felicity Conditions | 第10-13页 |
| Ⅰ． 2 Searle's Felicity Conditions | 第13-15页 |
| Ⅰ． 3 Major Concern of the Study | 第15-16页 |
| Ⅰ． 4 Insincere Invitation | 第16-19页 |
| Ⅰ． 5 Methods and Data | 第19-21页 |
| Ⅱ． Features of Insincere Invitation | 第21-34页 |
| Ⅱ． 1 S issues the invitation though it is mutually manifest that it is impossible for H to go to event E． | 第22-25页 |
| Ⅱ． 2 S does not persist or insist on the invitation． | 第25-28页 |
| Ⅱ． 3 S precedes the invitation with an unfavourable pre-invitation． | 第28-29页 |
| Ⅱ． 4 S does not provide enough information about the arrangements for event E． | 第29-31页 |
| Ⅱ． 5 S extends the invitation with more hedges． | 第31-32页 |
| Ⅱ． 6 S extends the invitation only after H has requested． | 第32-33页 |
| Ⅱ． 7 S extends the invitation with inappropriate cues to the context． | 第33-34页 |
| Ⅲ． Violations of the Felicity Conditions in Insincere Invitation | 第34-42页 |
| Ⅲ． 1 Violation of the propositional content condition | 第36-38页 |
| Ⅲ． 2 Violation of the Preparatory Condition | 第38-41页 |
| Ⅲ． 3 Violation of the Essential Condition | 第41-42页 |
| Ⅳ． Extending Insincere Invitation: Reasons and Functions | 第42-50页 |
| Ⅳ． 1 Reasons for Extending Insincere Invitations | 第42-45页 |
| Ⅳ． 2 Functions of Insincere Invitations | 第45-50页 |
| Ⅳ． 2．1 The phatic function | 第46-47页 |
| Ⅳ． 2．2 The caring function | 第47-49页 |
| Ⅳ． 2．3 The joking function | 第49-50页 |
| Ⅴ． Conclusion | 第50-52页 |
| Notes | 第52-56页 |
| Bibliography | 第56-59页 |
