| Acknowledgements | 第1-4页 |
| Abstract | 第4-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-8页 |
| Contents | 第8-11页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第11-20页 |
| ·Purpose of the Thesis | 第12页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第12-13页 |
| ·Significance of the Present Research | 第13-16页 |
| ·Definition of Cross-Cultural Pragmatic Failure | 第16-18页 |
| ·Framework | 第18-20页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第20-28页 |
| ·Miscommunication Research | 第20-22页 |
| ·Contrastive Pragmatics | 第22-24页 |
| ·Interlanguge Pragmatic Research (ILP Research) | 第24-26页 |
| ·Reasons for Choosing Adaptation Approach | 第26-28页 |
| ·Problems with Existing Approaches | 第26-27页 |
| ·Value of Adaptation Approach | 第27-28页 |
| Chapter 3 Theoretical Framework | 第28-33页 |
| ·A Brief Introduction to Adaptation Theor | 第28-30页 |
| ·Notion of Communicative Context | 第30-31页 |
| ·Four Angles of Investigation | 第31-33页 |
| Chapter 4 An Adaptation-Theoretic Analysis of Cross-Cultural Pragmatic Failure | 第33-88页 |
| ·Contextual Correlates of Adaptability and Cross Cultural Pragmatic Failure | 第33-58页 |
| ·Pragmatic Failure and Language Users | 第33-36页 |
| ·Cross-Cultural Pragmatic Failure and Language User's Mental World | 第36-40页 |
| ·Interpreter's Beliefs | 第36-40页 |
| ·Pragmatic Failure and the Language User's Social World | 第40-54页 |
| ·Pragmatic Failure Arising from Poor Adaptation to Social Settings | 第41-45页 |
| ·Language User's Social Class | 第41-43页 |
| ·Language User's Nationality | 第43-44页 |
| ·Language User's Linguistic Group | 第44-45页 |
| ·Language User's Religion | 第45页 |
| ·Pragmatic Failure Arising from Poor Adaptation to Cultural Conventions | 第45-54页 |
| ·Cultural Differences in Terms of Address Forms | 第45-48页 |
| ·Cultural Differences in Terms of Invitation | 第48-51页 |
| ·Cultural Differences in Terms of Refusal | 第51-53页 |
| ·Cultural Differences in Terms of Greeting | 第53页 |
| ·Cultural Differences in Terms of Compliment | 第53-54页 |
| ·Pragmatic Failure and the Physical World | 第54-58页 |
| ·Pragmatic Failure Arising from Poor Adaptation to Temporal Reference | 第54-57页 |
| ·Pragmatic Failure Arising from Poor Adaptation to Spatial Reference | 第57-58页 |
| ·Structural Objects of Adaptability and Cross-cultural Pragmatic Failure | 第58-65页 |
| ·Cross-Cultural Pragmatic Failure at Sound Level | 第59-61页 |
| ·Cross-Cultural Pragmatic Failure at Word Level | 第61-64页 |
| ·Cross-Cultural Pragmatic Failure at Sentence Level | 第64-65页 |
| ·Salience and Cross-Cultural Pragmatic Failure | 第65-80页 |
| ·Scripts and Cross-Cultural Pragmatic Failure | 第66-69页 |
| ·Metapragmatic Awareness and Cross-cultural Pragmatic Failure | 第69-80页 |
| ·Dynamics in the Process of Meaning Generation and Cross-Cultural Pragmatic Failure | 第80-88页 |
| ·From Brussels to Frankfurt | 第82-84页 |
| ·Two Different Interpretations toward Coffee | 第84-86页 |
| ·One Special Job Interview in Brazil | 第86-88页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusions | 第88-93页 |
| ·Adaptation Mechanism toward Pragmatic Failure | 第88-90页 |
| ·Forbearance Strategy | 第90-92页 |
| ·Limitations and Suggestions for Further Research | 第92-93页 |
| Bibliography | 第93-98页 |
