| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-9页 |
| 摘要 | 第9-13页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第13-18页 |
| ·Background of the Thesis | 第13-15页 |
| ·Objective of the Thesis | 第15-16页 |
| ·The Structure of the Thesis | 第16-18页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第18-32页 |
| ·Definitions of Pragmatic Failure | 第18-20页 |
| ·Classification of Pragmatic Failure | 第20-21页 |
| ·Previous Approaches to the Causes of Pragmatic Failure | 第21-29页 |
| ·From the Perspective of Cross-cultural Communication | 第22-24页 |
| ·From the Perspective of Second Language Acquisition | 第24-25页 |
| ·From the Perspective of Foreign Language Teaching | 第25-28页 |
| ·From the Perspective of Cognition | 第28-29页 |
| ·Limitations of Previous Studies | 第29-32页 |
| Chapter 3 Theoretical Framework | 第32-38页 |
| ·Verscherens’ Perspective on Language | 第32-35页 |
| ·Features of Language Choices | 第33页 |
| ·The Three Propertiess of Language | 第33-34页 |
| ·The Process of Making Choices | 第34-35页 |
| ·The Contextual Correlates of Adaptability | 第35-36页 |
| ·The Structural Objects of Adaptability | 第36-38页 |
| Chapter 4 Pragmatic Failure Viewed from the Perspective of Adaptation | 第38-58页 |
| ·Pragmatic Failure and the Contextual Correlates of Adaptability | 第38-51页 |
| ·Failure to Adapt to the Language Users’ Mental World | 第38-47页 |
| ·Failure to Adapt to the Personality of Language Users | 第39-41页 |
| ·Failure to Adapt to the Language Users’ Emotion | 第41-42页 |
| ·Failure to Adapt to the Language Users’ Value and Beliefs | 第42-45页 |
| ·Failure to Adapt to the Language Users’ Intention | 第45-47页 |
| ·Failure to Adapt to the Social World | 第47-49页 |
| ·Failure to Adapt to the Language Users’ Social Status | 第48-49页 |
| ·Failure to Adapt to the Language users’ Religion | 第49页 |
| ·Failure to Adapt to the Physical world | 第49-51页 |
| ·Failure to Adapt to Temporal Deixis | 第50页 |
| ·Failure to Adapt to Spatial Deixis | 第50-51页 |
| ·Pragmatic Failure and the Structural Objects of Adaptability | 第51-58页 |
| ·Failure in Adaptation at the Level of Sound Structure | 第52页 |
| ·Failure in Adaptation at the Level of Morphemes and Words | 第52-54页 |
| ·Failure in Adaptation at the Level of Sentences | 第54-58页 |
| Chapter 5 Implications for EFL Teaching in China | 第58-64页 |
| ·Pragmatic Competence | 第58-59页 |
| ·Enhancing Students’ Pragmatic Competence | 第59-64页 |
| ·Explicit Teaching | 第60-61页 |
| ·Authentic Teaching Material | 第61-62页 |
| ·Oral Test | 第62-64页 |
| Chapter 6 Conclusion | 第64-66页 |
| Bibliography | 第66-68页 |
| Appendix Ⅰ Publications | 第68页 |
