序
前言
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1 Introduction
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Notes on related terms
1.3 Terminological issue
1.4 An overview of related studies
1.4.1 Pragmatic studies of misunderstanding
1.4.2 Related studies of deliberate misinterpretation
1.5 The perspectives of present study
Chapter 2 A Description of the Conceptual Framework
2.1 Introduction
2.2 The delimitation of deliberate misinterpretation
2.2.1 Working definition of deliberate misinterpretation
2.2.2 Properties of the process of deliberate misinterpretation
2.2.3 Deliberate misinterpretation vs. accidental misunderstanding
2.2.4 Deliberate misinterpretation vs. digression
2.2.5 DMI/deliberate non-understanding vs. faked non-understan-ding
2.2.6 Deliberate misinterpretation vs. misleading
2.3 A discussion of the theoretical background of the framework
2.3.1 Linguistic adaptation theory
2.3.2 Relevance theory
2.3.3 Face theory and politeness
2.4 The characterization of conceptual framework
2.4.1 Cognitive Basis of deliberate misinterpretation
2.4.2 Deliberate misinterpretation as a process of choice making.
2.4.3 Communicative needs
2.4.4 Contextual correlates of adaptability
2.4.5 Interactional natures
2.5 Summary
Chapter 3 Prerequisites to Deliberate Misinterpretation
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Mutuality
3.2.1 Mutuality of logical information
3.2.2 Mutuality of encyclopaedic information
3.2.3 Mutuality of linguistic information
3.2.4 Mutuality of immediate context
3.3 Relevance as a generalized communicative principle
3.4 Triggers of deliberate misinterpretation
3.4.1 Minimal information provided by $1
3.4.2 Indeterminacy of Sl's conversational utterance
3.5 Summary
Chapter 4 Means of Deliberate Misinterpretation
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Deliberately violating the Law of Identity
4.2.1 Deliberately violating the Law of Identity in concept
4.2.2 Deliberately violating the Law of Identity in judgment
4.3 Deliberately ignoring the context
4.3.1 Disregarding the speech situation
4.3.2 Telling a truism
4.3.3 Being overliteral
4.4 Summary
Chapter 5 Functioning of Deliberate Misinterpretation...
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Contextual correlates affecting the choice of DMI
5.2.1 DMI as a means of adaptation to the social world
5.2.2 DMI as a means of adaptation to the mental world
5.3 Communicative functions of DMI
5.3.1 Improving interpersonal relationships
5.3.2 Manipulating information
5.3.3 Creating special communicative effects
5.4 Properties of the functioning of DMI
5.4.1 Discrepancy
5.4.2 Implicitness
5.5 Summary
Chapter 6 Conclusion
6.1 The generative mechanism of DMI
6.2 The variable means of DMI
6.3 Functioning of DMI
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