Pragmatic Development in a Second LanguageISBN: 978-0-631-23430-2
Paperback
364 pages
July 2003, Wiley-Blackwell
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This volume offers the first book-length treatment of second and
foreign language learners' acquisition of pragmatics. It provides
an up-to-date account of research findings and covers such central
topics as the theoretical and empirical approaches to L2 pragmatic
development, the relationship of pragmatic and grammatical
development, the role of different learning contexts, the effect of
instruction, and individual differences.
- Comprehensive discussion of developmental interlanguage pragmatics, presenting an up-to-date account of research findings
- Key source for researchers and graduate students working in applied linguistics, second language studies, pragmatics, discourse, sociolinguistics, and psycholinguistics