语用迁移研究是二语习得领域的一个重要课题。二语水平是影响语用迁移诸多因素中最为明显的一个，但对语用迁移与二语水平之间关系的研究甚少，且仅有的几项研究结果对两者之间的关系争论较大。本书对语用迁移的类别进行了重新界定，并在对比中美拒绝策略异同的基础上，通过跟踪考察一组中国大学生英语学习者拒绝言语行为的发展变化情况来研究二语水平与语用迁移的关系，并提出了一项语用迁移假说，为在大学英语教学中逐渐实施语用教学提供了理论和实践上的借鉴。

本书适读于外语及对外汉语专业本科生、研究生，外语教师，语言教学和语言研究教育工作者。

前言

Acknowledgements

导读

Chapter 1 Introduction

  1.1 Origin of the Research

  1.2 Method of the Research

  1.3 Organization of the Book

Chapter 2 Literature Review

  2.1 Speech Act Theory

  2.2 Refusals across Cultures

 2.2.1 Rubin's Study

 2.2.2 Liao and Bresnahan's Study

 2.2.3 Nelson et al.'s Study

 2.2.4 Wang Aihua's Study

  2.3 Concepts of Language Transfer and Pragmatic Transfer

 2.3.1 Language Transfer

 2.3.2 Pragmatic Transfer

  2.4 Major Studies on Pragmatic Transfer in Speech Acts

 2.4.1 Studies on Pragmatic Transfer in Other Speech Acts

 2.4.2 Studies on Pragmatic Transfer in Refusal Speech Act

  2.5 Studies on the Relationship between L2 Proficiency and Pragmatic Transfer

Chapter 3 Research Design and Theoretical Framework

  3.1 Research Questions

  3.2 Research Methodology

 3.2.1 Subjects

 3.2.2 Instruments

 3.2.3 Data Analysis

  3.3 An Operational Criterion for Discussing Pragmatic Transfer

 3.3.1 Necessary Evidence for Identifying the Occurrence of Pra~natic Transfer

 3.3.2 A Basic Principle for Pragmatic Transfer Identification

 3.3.3 Defining the Degree of Discrepancy

 3.3.4 Pragmatic Transfer Reclassified

  3.4 A Hypothesis on the Relationship between L2 Linguistic Proficiency and L1 Pragmatic Transfer

 3.4.1 A Working Criterion to Judge the Relationship between L2 Linguistic Proficiency and L1 Pragmatic Transfer

 3.4.2 A Hypothesis on the Relationship between L2 Linguistic Proficiency and L1 Pragmatic Transfer

  3.5 Main Theories Employed in Discussing Pragmatic Transfer

 3.5.1 Politeness Theory

 3.5.2 Gile's Accommodation Theory

  3.6 A General Research Procedure of the Study

Chapter 4 Pragmatic Transfer in Chinese EFL Learners' Refusals

  4.1 Evidences of Pragmatic Transfer in the Frequency of Semantic Formulas

 4.1.1 Evidences of Pragmatic Transfer in the Frequency of Semantic Formulas in Refusals to Requests

 4.1.2 Evidences of Pragmatic Transfer in the Frequency of Semantic Formulas in Refusals to Invitations

 4.1.3 Evidences of Pragmatic Transfer in the Frequency of Semantic Formulas in Refusals to Suggestions

 4.1.4 Evidences of Pragmatic Transfer in the Frequency of Semantic Formulas in Refusals to Offers

 4.2 Evidences of Pragmatic Transfer in the Order of Semantic Formulas

 4.2.1 Evidences of Pragmatic Transfer in the Order of Semantic Formulas in Refusals to Requests

 4.2.2 Evidences of Pragmatic Transfer in the Order of Semantic Formulas in Refusals to Invitations

 4.2.3 Evidences of Pragmatic Transfer in the Order of Semantic Formulas in Refusals to Suggestions

 4.2.4 Evidences of Pragmatic Transfer in the Order of Semantic Formulas in Refusals to Offers

  4.3 Discussions on Pragmatic Transfer in L2 Refusals

 4.3.1 Types of Pragmatic Transfer in the Speech Act of Refusal

 4.3.2 Influences of Eliciting Factors on Pragmatic Transfer

Chapter 5 The Relationship between L2 Proficiency and L1 Pragmatic Transfer

  5.1 The Relationship between Proficiency and Pragmatic Transfer in the Frequency of Semantic Formulas in Each Refusal Eliciting Factor

 5.1.1 The Relationship in the Frequency of Semantic Formulas in Refusals to Requests

 5.1.2 The Relationship in the Frequency of Semantic Formulas in Refusals to Invitations

 5.1.3 The Relationship in the Frequency of Semantic Formulas in Refusals to Suggestions

 5.1.4 The Relationship in the Frequency of Semantic Formulas in Refusals to Offers

 5.2 The Relationship between Proficiency and Pragmatic Transfer in the Order of Semantic Formulas in Each Refusal Eliciting Factor

5.2.1 The Relationship in the Order of Semantic Formulas in Refusals to Requests

5.2.2 The Relationship in the Order of Semantic Formulas in Refusals to Invitations

5.2.3 The Relationship in the Order of Semantic Formulas in Refusals to Suggestions

5.2.4 The Relationship in the Order of Semantic Formulas in Refusals to Offers

  5.3 Discussions on the Relationship between L2 Proficiency and L1 Pragmatic Transfer in the Refusal Speech Act

5.3.1 The Influence of Eliciting Factors on the Relationship between L2 Proficiency and L1 Pragmatic Transfer

5.3.2 Other Factors Affecting the Relationship between Linguistic Proficiency and Pragmatic Transfer

5.3.3 Hypothesis Testing: the Relationship between L2 Proficiency and L1 Pragmatic Transfer

5.3.4 The Acquisition Expectation for the Relationship between L2 Proficiency and L1 Pragmatic Transfer: Positive or Negative?

Chapter 6 Causal Factors for Pragmatic Transfer and Reassessment of Its Role in SLA

 6.1 Causal Factors for Pragmatic Transfer

6.1.1 Learner-external Factors for Pragmatic Transfer

6.1.2 Learner-internal Factors for Pragmatic Transfer

 6.2 Reassessment of the Role of Pragmatic Transfer in SLA

Chapter 7 Major Findings and Prospects for Future Studies

 7.1 Major Findings of the Present Study

 7.2 Significance of the Research

 7.3 Prospects for Future Studies on Pragmatic Transfer

Bibliography

Appendix I Discourse Completion Test

Appendix II Discourse Completion Test [Chinese Version]

Appendix III Classification of Refusals [Beebe et al. (1990)]

Appendix IV Classification of Refusals (Revised Version for This Book)