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淮北师范大学 2012届学士学位论文 Pragmatic Failure in Cross-cultural Communication 学 院、专业 外国语、英语 研 究 方 向 应用语言学 英语语言学、英国/美国/（英语国家选一个）文学、翻译理论与实践、应用语言学、英国/美国/（英语国家选一个）文化学 生 姓 名 英语语言学、英国/美国/（英语国家选一个）文学、翻译理论与实践、应用语言学、英国/美国/（英语国家选一个）文化 学 号 指导教师姓名 指导教师职称 讲师 2012 年 3 月10 Pragmatic Failure in Cross-cultural Communication Abstract: With the globalization of economy, cross-cultural communication is increasing rapidly in the whole world. Pragmatic failure often occurs in cross-cultural communication, which leads to misunderstandings among different speakers with various ethnic backgrounds. Pragmatic failure is one of the most important factors which contribute to the failure of communication. Only by understanding cultural differences, learning pragmatic failures, strengthening cultural awareness, and applying communication strategies properly can we make a successful cross-cultural communication. This study aims to discuss and analyze pragmatic failure in cross-cultural communication. The thesis consists of 5 chapters. The first chapter introduces some basic definitions of the terminologies in this study, such as culture, pragmatics, pragmatic failure and cross-cultural communication, etc. It also briefly introduces the purpose of the study. The second chapter discusses the two types of pragmatic failure with fresh examples, pragmalinguistic failure and sociopragmatic failure. The third chapter analyzes some major factors contributing to pragmatic failure in cross-cultural communication. It mainly discusses different thinking patterns and values between the westerners and Chinese. The fourth chapter provides some effective methods and pragmatic strategies to avoid pragmatic failure and interesting activities to develop students’ cultural awareness and pragmatic competence. Finally, a conclusion is given to summarize the whole study. Key words: pragmatic