| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-12页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第12-16页 |
| ·Research Background | 第12-13页 |
| ·Research Significance | 第13页 |
| ·Research Methodology | 第13-15页 |
| ·Organization of This Thesis | 第15-16页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第16-26页 |
| ·Relevance Theory in Interpretation Studies | 第16-19页 |
| ·Brief Introduction to Interpretation | 第16-17页 |
| ·Interpretation Studies from the Perspective of Relevance Theory | 第17-19页 |
| ·Researches on Pragmatic Failures in Interpretation | 第19-26页 |
| ·Brief Introduction to Pragmatic Failures | 第19-22页 |
| ·Studies of Pragmatic Failures in Interpretation | 第22-24页 |
| ·Perspective of This Thesis | 第24-26页 |
| Chapter Three Ostensive-inferential Communication and Sociopragmatic Failures in Interpretation | 第26-50页 |
| ·Ostensive-inferential Communication in Relevance Theory | 第26-28页 |
| ·Ostensive-inferential Communication in Interpretation | 第28-48页 |
| ·Ostention of the Speaker of the Source Language in Interpretation | 第29-39页 |
| ·Interpreter’s Inference in Interpretation | 第39-48页 |
| ·Summary | 第48-50页 |
| Chapter Four Expectation of Relevance and Sociopragmatic Failures in Interpretation | 第50-68页 |
| ·Expectation of Relevance | 第50-54页 |
| ·Object of the Expectation of Relevance | 第50-51页 |
| ·Classification of the expectation of relevance | 第51-52页 |
| ·Dynamic Features of the Expectation of Relevance | 第52-54页 |
| ·Expectation of Relevance in Interpretation | 第54-65页 |
| ·Source Speaker’s Implicatures in Interpretation | 第55-59页 |
| ·Interpreter’s Expectation in Interpretation | 第59-65页 |
| ·Summary | 第65-68页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第68-72页 |
| ·Major findings and Implications | 第68-70页 |
| ·Major findings | 第68-69页 |
| ·Implications | 第69-70页 |
| ·Limitations and Suggestions for Further Study | 第70-72页 |
| Bibliography | 第72-76页 |
| Appendix (A) | 第76-77页 |
| Appendix (B) | 第77-79页 |
