| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-12页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第12-18页 |
| ·Research Background | 第12-15页 |
| ·The Widespread Use of English Around the World | 第12-13页 |
| ·The Important Status of Writing in English Language Learning | 第13-14页 |
| ·The Current Writing Situation of Chinese EFL Learners | 第14-15页 |
| ·Purpose and Significance of the Study | 第15-16页 |
| ·Structure of the Thesis | 第16-18页 |
| Chapter Two Theoretical Orientation | 第18-34页 |
| ·Language and Culture | 第18-22页 |
| ·The Definition of Language and Culture | 第18-20页 |
| ·The Relationship between Language and Culture | 第20-22页 |
| ·Pragmatic Transfer | 第22-25页 |
| ·The Definition of Pragmatic Transfer | 第23-24页 |
| ·The Classification of Pragmatic Transfer | 第24-25页 |
| ·Cross-Cultural Pragmatic Failure | 第25-34页 |
| ·Thomas' Definition of Cross-Cultural Pragmatic Failure | 第25-27页 |
| ·Thomas' Classification of Cross-Cultural Pragmatic Failure | 第27-34页 |
| Chapter Three Literature Review | 第34-42页 |
| ·International Studies | 第34-36页 |
| ·National Studies | 第36-40页 |
| ·Summary | 第40-42页 |
| Chapter Four Research Methodology | 第42-52页 |
| ·Corpus-based Study | 第42-47页 |
| ·Introduction to Chinese Learner English Corpus (CLEC) | 第42-43页 |
| ·Speech Error Tags in CLEC | 第43-46页 |
| ·Selection of the CET-6 Writings in ST4 | 第46-47页 |
| ·Research Instruments | 第47-49页 |
| ·Corpus Analysis | 第49-52页 |
| Chapter Five Results and Discussion | 第52-70页 |
| ·Descriptive Statistics of Cross-Cultural Pragmatic Failure | 第52-55页 |
| ·Common Types of Cross-Cultural Pragmatic Failure | 第55-63页 |
| ·Word-for-word Translation | 第57-59页 |
| ·Equating the Word Meaning of English and Chinese | 第59-61页 |
| ·Transferring from Mother Tongue to Target Language | 第61-63页 |
| ·Analysis of the Causes of Cross-Cultural Pragmatic Failure | 第63-68页 |
| ·Negative Transfer of the Mother Tongue | 第63-65页 |
| ·Cultural Differences | 第65-66页 |
| ·Teaching-related Factors | 第66-68页 |
| ·Summary | 第68-70页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第70-78页 |
| ·Major Findings | 第70-72页 |
| ·Implications of the Study | 第72-75页 |
| ·Limitations and Suggestions for the Future Study | 第75-78页 |
| Bibliography | 第78-85页 |
