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贵州师范大学 研究生作业（论文）专用封面 作业（论文）题目： Pragmatic Failure in Intercultural Communication 课程名称： 语 用 学 任课教师姓名： 郑 志 进 研究生姓名： 郑 亚 伟 学 号： 4201110500274 年 级： 2011级 专 业： 外国语言学及应用语言学 学院（部、所）： 外国语学院 任课教师评分： 评阅意见： 任课教师签名： 2012年 10月 12 日 Pragmatic Failure in Intercultural Communication Contents Abstract 2 1. Introduction 3 2The definition and types of pragmatic failure 3 3 . Studies of Pragmatic Failures at Home and Abroad 3 3.1 Studies of Pragmatic Failures Abroad 3 3.2 Studies of Inter-cultural Pragmatic Failure in China 4 4. Pragmatic failure made by English learners 4 4.1 Pragmalinguistic failure 4 4.1.1 Inappropriate transfer of expressions 4 4.1.2 Inappropriate use of target language expressions 5 4.2 Sociolinguistic failure 6 4.2.1 Cultural and value judgements 6 4.2.2 Pragmatic failure due to social factors 6 5. General Sources of Pragmatic Failure 7 5.1 Cultural differences 7 5.2 Pragmatic transfer 7 5.3 Lack of pragmatic knowledge 8 6. Possible suggestions to avoid unnecessary pragmatic failures 8 6.1 Raising Chinese learners’ cultural awareness 8 6.2 Increase the awareness of pragmatic behaviour and thought 9 6.3 Creating an interactive learning environment 9 7. Conclusion 9 References 11 Abstract The phenomena of pragmatic failure has aroused a lot of attention in recent years, because there are always misunderstandings made when communicate with other people from different countries in daily conversation. This article discussed the types and causes of pragmatic failure in intercultural communication. By studying the cases in concrete situations made by english learners in their study and communication, this article also give some suggestions on