跨性别言语交际中的刻意曲解策略-外国语言学与应用语言学专业论文.docxVIP

i i Acknowledgements With anticipation and excitement, the present paper concludes my three years? postgraduate study in the School of Foreign Studies of Anhui University. This paper owes a great deal to support and encouragement from my teachers, families and friends. First of all, my sincere gratitude extends to my supervisor, Associate Professor Zhan Quanwang, since this M.A. thesis is accomplished under his enlightenment and inspiration. I extremely appreciate his profound learning and conscientious working attitudes, with which he has constantly offered me suggestion through discussions, made a detailed review of the versions of the draft of this thesis, and proposed advice and criticism for further improvement. My profound thanks must also go to the other teachers of my postgraduate courses during my study in the School of Foreign Studies of Anhui University: Professor Zhu Yue, Professor Zhou Fangzhu, Professor Zhu Xiaomei, Professor Zhang Ming, Associate Professor Hu Jian, Zhang Hongxia and Yang Ling. Their earnest teaching has influenced my perception of linguistics and, more specifically, my way to do research. Last but not least, I am grateful to my classmates and friends for their support and help. My special heartfelt thanks go to my husband in the writing of this thesis. Without encouragement from these beloved, it is out of the question for me to complete this thesis during the expected period of time. ii ii Abstract The thesis, from the adaptive perspective, offers a pragmatic analysis of deliberate misinterpretation (DMI) in cross-gender verbal communication, attempting to find a systematic and coherent account of deliberate misinterpretation as a result of linguistic choice so as to help us gain better understanding of deliberate misinterpretation and mutual understanding in cross-gender conversation as well. Methodologically speaking, this study is mainly a qualitative one based on the data collected from a TV series, with a quantitative a