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Acknowledgements
Chapter One Introduction
1.1 Rationale and objectives
1.2 Research scope and methodology
1.3 Data collection
1.4 Organization of the thesis
Chapter Two Literature Review
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Definition of misunderstanding
2.2.1 Previous definitions of misunderstanding
2.2.2 Comments on previous definitions
2.2.3 Misunderstanding and its “family”1
2.2.4 Various aspects of defining misunderstanding
2.3 Various approaches to misunderstanding
2.3.1 Related studies of misunderstanding abroad
2.3.2 Related studies at home
2.4 Comments on previous study
Chapter Three Theoretical Foundation
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Communication, code model and inferential model
3.3 Ostensive-inferential communication
3.4 The principle of relevance
3.5 Context
3.6 The Relevance-theoretic comprehension procedure
3.7 Hypotheses of misunderstanding in Relevance-theoretic perspective
3.8 Summary
Chapter Four Triggers and Generative mechanism of Misunderstanding
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Ostension problems on the part of speakers
4.2.1 Lack of ostention
4.2.2 Overinformativeness
4.2.3 Underinformativeness
4.2.4 Ambiguous ostension
4.2.5 Improper ostension
4.3 Inference indeterminacies on the part of hearers
4.3.1 Stereotypical mentality
4.3.2 Closeness option mentality
4.4 Generative mechanism of misunderstanding
4.4.1 Consistency of searching for the optimal relevance
4.4.2 Conflict between the speaker's intended context and the hearer's actually-used context
4.5 Avoidance of misunderstanding
4.6 Summary
Chapter Five Conclusion
5.1 Findings and implications of the present study
5.2 Limitations and suggestions for further study
Bibliography