| 摘要 | 第1-5页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第5-8页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第8-11页 |
| ·Motivation of the Study | 第8页 |
| ·Significance of Analyzing Politeness Pragmatic Failures | 第8页 |
| ·Methodology and Data Collection | 第8-9页 |
| ·Organization of this Dissertation | 第9-11页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第11-32页 |
| ·Introduction | 第11页 |
| ·Politeness | 第11-13页 |
| ·Definition of Politeness in English | 第11-12页 |
| ·Definition of Politeness in Chinese | 第12-13页 |
| ·Main Politeness Theories | 第13-18页 |
| ·Lakoff’s Theory of Politeness | 第13-14页 |
| ·Leech’s Politeness Principle (PP) | 第14-16页 |
| ·Brown & Levinson’s Face Theory | 第16页 |
| ·Gu’s Politeness Theory | 第16-18页 |
| ·Pragmatic failure | 第18-31页 |
| ·Definition of Pragmatic Failure | 第18-20页 |
| ·Classification of Pragmatic Failure | 第20-23页 |
| ·The Current Study of Pragmatic Failure Abroad | 第23页 |
| ·The Current Study of Pragmatic Failure in China | 第23-24页 |
| ·Chinese Learners’Pragmatic Failures | 第24-28页 |
| ·English Learners’Pragmatic Failures | 第28-31页 |
| ·Summary | 第31-32页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Background | 第32-42页 |
| ·Introduction | 第32页 |
| ·Definition of Cognition | 第32-33页 |
| ·Culture and Cognition | 第33-34页 |
| ·Framework of Human Information Processing | 第34-36页 |
| ·Cognitive Context | 第36-37页 |
| ·Cognitive Expectation | 第37-39页 |
| ·Idealized Cognitive Models (ICMs) | 第39-40页 |
| ·Politeness Pragmatic Failures | 第40-41页 |
| ·Summary | 第41-42页 |
| Chapter Four A Cultural-Cognitive Study of Politeness Pragmatic Failures | 第42-57页 |
| ·Introduction | 第42页 |
| ·Study of Politeness Pragmatic Failures from the Viewpoint of the Speech Act | 第42-51页 |
| ·Politeness Pragmatic Failures in Addressing | 第43-44页 |
| ·Politeness Pragmatic Failures in Greeting | 第44-45页 |
| ·Politeness Pragmatic Failures in Introduction Communication | 第45-46页 |
| ·Politeness Pragmatic Failures in Compliment | 第46-48页 |
| ·Politeness Pragmatic Failures in Request and Inquiry | 第48-50页 |
| ·Politeness Pragmatic Failures in Apology and Response | 第50-51页 |
| ·Study of Politeness Pragmatic Failures from the Viewpoint of the Discourse | 第51-56页 |
| ·Politeness Pragmatic Failures in Topic Choice | 第52-54页 |
| ·Politeness Pragmatic Failures in “Turn-taking” | 第54-55页 |
| ·Politeness Pragmatic Failures in Closing and Leaving-taking | 第55-56页 |
| ·Summary | 第56-57页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusions | 第57-60页 |
| ·Findings | 第57-58页 |
| ·Limitations of the Study | 第58-59页 |
| ·Suggestions for Further Studies in This Field | 第59-60页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第60-61页 |
| References | 第61-65页 |
| Appendix: Article published during M.A. studies | 第65-67页 |
