Pragmatic Failures in Intercultural Communication 跨文化交际中的语用失误.doc

Pragmatic Failures in Intercultural Communication 跨文化交际中的语用失误 Abstract: With the globalization of economy and the rapid development of high technology, international communication has become a significant concern in the world nowadays. However, there is a great potential for communicators to suffer communication breakdowns in intercultural context because of the cultural differences. pragmatic failures are arisen therefrom. The thesis aiming at expounding pragmatic failures in international communication, explains the definitions of intercultural communication and of pragmatic failure, illustrates the expressing forms of pragmatic failure in the intercultural communication, analyzes the reasons of pragmatic failure in the intercultural communication, and deals with precaution strategies of pragmatic failure in the intercultural communication. All above can help foreign language learners acquire sound linguistic and communicative competence, and participate in international communication flexible and properly. Key words: pragmatic failure; intercultural communication; precaution strategies Table of Contents Abstract……………………………………………………………………………(Ⅰ) Introduction………………………………………………………………………..() 1 Brief Review of Relevant Theories……………………………………………...() 1.1Intercultural Communication………………………………………………….() 1.1.1 Culture and Communication……………………………………………..() 1.1.2 Definition of Intercultural Communication………………………………() 1.1.3 Three Elements of Intercultural Communication………………………...() 1.2 Pragmatic Failure in Intercultural Communication…………………………...() 1.2.1 Definition of Pragmatic Failure…………………………………………..() 1.2.2 Classification of Pragmatic Failure……………………………………….() 2. Expressing Forms of Intercultural Pragmatic Failure………………………...() 2.1 Pragma-linguistic Failure………………………………………………………...() 2.2 Socio-pragmatic Failure……………………………………………………….() 2.3 The relationship between them………………………………………………..() 3. The Causes of Intercultural Pragmatic Failure………………………………..() 3.1 Different