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英文文摘
1 Introduction
1.1 Research background
1.2 Research purpose
1.3 Organization of the thesis
Chapter 2 Literature Review
2.1 Speech act of apology
2.1.1 Definition
2.1.2 Categorizations of apology strategies
2.1.3 Methods of data collection
2.1.4 Variables
2.2 Pragmatic competence
2.2.1 Models of pragmatic competence
2.2.2 Research into pragmatic competence: a brief review
2.3 Research questions
2.4 Summary
Chapter 3 Methodology
3.1 Method
3.1.1 Subjects
3.1.2 Instruments
3.2 Data collection and analysis
3.2.1 Procedure of data collection
3.2.2 Categorization of data
3.2.3 Analysis procedure
3.3 Summary
Chapter 4 Results
4.1 Distribution of apology strategies
4.1.1 Refusal of responsibility
4.1.2 IFID
4.1.3 Taking on responsibility
4.1.4 Explanation or account
4.1.5 Offer of repair
4.1.6 Promise of forbearance
4.1.7 Intensifiers
4.1.8 Downgrading
4.2 Evaluation of apology situations
4.3 Correlation between apology strategy selection and evaluation of apology situations
4.4 Summary
Chapter 5 Discussion
5.1 Overall assessment of Chinese EFL learners' speech act performance
5.1.1 Findings from quantitative analysis
5.1.2 Findings from qualitative analysis: pragmatic failure
5.2 Constraints on pragmatic competence
5.2.1 Pragmatic transfer
5.2.2 Cross-cultural difference
5.2.3 Linguistic proficiency
5.3 Implications for EFL teaching
5.4 Summary
Chapter 6 Conclusions
6.1 Summary of the study
6.2 Suggestions for further study
Notes
Acknowledgements
Bibliography
Appendices
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