Taguchi and Roever present the latest developments in second language pragmatics
research, combining acquisitional and sociolinguistic perspectives. They cover theories of …

The study explores to what extent pragmatic instruction and length of study abroad (SA)
influence learners ability to mitigate requests in e-mail communication. Sixty Spanish …

The present study is a perception study which investigates whether there is variation
between Greek Cypriot L2 university students and English NS lecturers in how they perceive …

This study investigates developmental patterns in the ability of Greek FL learners to refuse a
request. Drawing data from role-plays and verbal reports, it attempts to explore the strategies …

This study investigates developmental patterns in the requestive behavior of foreign
language learners of Greek. Drawing data from a DCT it attempts to explore the head acts …

The present study examines the extent to which written DCT requests approximate naturally
occurring requests in a 'standard', service-encounter telephone situation with respect to the …

This state-of-the-art paper discusses common approaches to the assessment of pragmatic
competence. Two approaches have dominated the assessment practice in the field of …

Situated within the field of developmental interlanguage pragmatics, this cross-sectional
study examines pragmalinguistic development in the request production of two groups of …

Although the use of technology for pragmatics instruction has attracted significant attention
from scholars, the number of studies regarding the impact of self-access materials to this end …

Few studies have investigated the internal modification of refusals. This study investigates
the effect of participating in a study abroad programme on the pragmatic development of …