| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第1-28页 |
| ·What is Pragmatic Competence (PC)? | 第13-19页 |
| ·Pragmatic Development Abroad | 第19-24页 |
| ·Pragmatic Development at Home | 第24-28页 |
| Chapter 2 About the Hypotheses of Pragmatic Competence | 第28-47页 |
| ·Pragmatic Competence is Preexistent before Language Appeared | 第28-33页 |
| ·The Relationship between the Development of the Communicative Acts and Other Language Domains | 第33-47页 |
| Chapter 3 The Development of the Communicative Acts | 第47-73页 |
| ·The Zhou's Cross-sectional and Longitudinal Observational Study | 第48-53页 |
| ·The Growth in the Communicative Repertoire | 第53-61页 |
| ·Findings on the Development of the Communicative Acts | 第61-73页 |
| Chapter 4 The Relationship between Pragmatic Development and Syntactic Development | 第73-82页 |
| ·The Zhou's Measurement on Syntactical Development | 第74-76页 |
| ·The Positive Relationship between Pragmatic Development and Syntactic Development | 第76-79页 |
| ·The Negative Relationship between Pragmatic Development and Syntactic Development | 第79-82页 |
| Chapter 5 The Mother's Interactional Influence | 第82-92页 |
| ·Mother's Involvement in Interaction with Their Children | 第82-86页 |
| ·Cultural Differences Involved in Interaction | 第86-92页 |
| Chapter 6 Factors Affecting Development of PC | 第92-104页 |
| ·Social-cultural Characteristics and Chinese Mother-child Relationships | 第93-97页 |
| ·Mandarin Syntactic Characteristics and Children's Communicative Acts | 第97-104页 |
| Conclusion | 第104-106页 |
| Appendix A | 第106-115页 |
| Appendix B | 第115-117页 |
| Works Cited | 第117-119页 |
