| Acknowledgements | 第1-4页 |
| Abstract in Chinese | 第4-6页 |
| Abstract in English | 第6-11页 |
| 1 Introduction | 第11-17页 |
| ·Background | 第11-13页 |
| ·Related studies on pragmatic failure | 第13-15页 |
| ·Objective | 第15-16页 |
| ·Outline of this thesis | 第16-17页 |
| 2 Literature Review | 第17-27页 |
| ·Definition and scope of pragmatics | 第17-20页 |
| ·Culture and intercultural communication | 第20-27页 |
| ·Culture | 第20-23页 |
| ·Intercultural communication | 第23页 |
| ·Levels of inter-cultural communication | 第23-25页 |
| ·Intercultural communicative competence | 第25-27页 |
| 3 Definition and Analysis of Pragmatic Failure | 第27-54页 |
| ·Definitions of pragmatic failure | 第27-28页 |
| ·Pragmatic failure redefined | 第28-38页 |
| ·Grammar error, misunderstanding, miscommunication, pragmatic failure | 第29-31页 |
| ·Utterer and interpreter | 第31-32页 |
| ·Nature of pragmatic failure | 第32-37页 |
| ·A new definition of pragmatic failure | 第37-38页 |
| ·Classification of pragmatic failure | 第38-41页 |
| ·Previous classifications | 第38-39页 |
| ·The present author's classification | 第39-41页 |
| ·Analysis of intercultural pragmatic failure | 第41-54页 |
| ·Sociopragmatic failure | 第41-44页 |
| ·Sociopragmatic failure in spoken discourse | 第42-43页 |
| ·Sociopragmatic failure in written discourse | 第43-44页 |
| ·Pragmalinguistic failure | 第44-48页 |
| ·Pragmalinguistic failure in spoken discourse | 第44-45页 |
| ·Pragmalinguistic failure in written discourse | 第45-48页 |
| ·Pragmabehavioral failure | 第48-54页 |
| ·Pragmatic failure in body language | 第51页 |
| ·Pragmatic failure in paralanguage | 第51-53页 |
| ·Pragmatic failure in object language | 第53页 |
| ·Pragmatic failure in environmental language | 第53-54页 |
| 4 Causes of Intercultural Pragmatic Failure | 第54-71页 |
| ·Failure to conform to the context | 第55-66页 |
| ·Difference in association | 第56-58页 |
| ·Difference in thinking patterns | 第58-61页 |
| ·Difference in culture | 第61-65页 |
| ·Difference in pragmatic rules | 第65-66页 |
| ·Inappropriate language input | 第66-71页 |
| 5 Implications for College English Classroom Teaching | 第71-87页 |
| ·Emphasizing intercultural communicative competence | 第71-81页 |
| ·Awareness-raising | 第74-76页 |
| ·Teaching pragmatic act in classroom | 第76-78页 |
| ·Teaching culture in classroom | 第78-81页 |
| ·Improving and adapting teaching materials | 第81-84页 |
| ·Developing teacher's competence and promoting teacher development | 第84-87页 |
| 6 Conclusions | 第87-90页 |
| Bibliography | 第90-93页 |
