Preface 前言 1 An Introduction to Pragmatic Study 1.1 The Development of Pragmatics 1.2 The Use of Pragmatics 1.3 Pragmatics Study in China Today 1.4 International Pragmatics Study Today 1.5 The Significance of Pragmatics Supplementary Reading 2 The Scope of Pragmatics 2.1 Definitions of Pragmatics 2.2 Comparison Between Semantics and Pragmatics 2.3 The Scope of Studies in Pragmatics 2.4 The Difference That Makes a Difference 2.5 Criticism of Pragmatics Supplementary Reading 3 Deixis 3.1 Definition of Deixis 3.2 Categories of Deixis 3.3 Traditional Categories 3.4 Approaches to the Study of Deixis Supplementary Reading 4 Conversational Implicature 4.1 Introduction of Conversational Implicature 4.2 Grice's Theory oflmplicature 4.3 Category of Implicature 4.4 Features of Implicatures Supplementary Reading 5 Relevance Theory 5.1 A Brief Introduction of Relevance Theory 5.2 Relevance and Cognition 5.3 Relevance and Cross-cultural Communication Supplementary Reading 6 Presupposition 6.1 Philosophical Study of Presupposition 6.2 Semantic Presupposition 6.3 Pragmatic Presupposition 6.4 The Problematic Properties Supplementary Reading 7 Speech Act Theory 7.1 Introduction 7.2 Austin's Theory of Speech Acts 7.3 Searle's Theory of Speech Acts 7.4 Politeness Principle 7.5 Speech Acts Across-cultures Supplementary Reading 8 Interdisciplinary Pragmatics 8.1 Cognitive Approach to Pragmatics 8.2 Cross-cultural Pragmatics 8.3 Social Pragmatics 8.4 Pragmatics in Practice Supplmentary Reading Bibliography