Pragmatics, the ability to act and interact by means of language, is a necessary and
sometimes daunting learning task for second and foreign language learners. This chapter …

An understanding of sociocultural context is crucial in second language learning–yet
develo** this awareness often poses a real challenge to the typical language learner. This …

This paper aims at a comprehensive review of the growing body of research in L2 pragmatic
acquisition, including both theoretical discussions and empirical studies to date. To this end …

In this book, the authors foreground an aspect of language testing that is usually not much
discussed and is frequently considered an “advanced” topic: the social dimension of …

This comprehensive introduction to intercultural pragmatics examines the theoretical,
methodological and practical issues in the analysis of talk across cultures. The book …

Intercultural Communication provides a critical introduction to the dynamic arena of
communication across different cultural and social strata. Throughout this book, topics are …

Authentic discourse, elicited conversation, and roleplay are types of spoken interaction;
production questionnaires, multiple-choice, and scaled response instuments are survey …

This article provides a detailed study of the differences between compliment responses
collected with two different data collection procedures: naturally occurring data analysed …

Introducing Pragmatics in Use is a lively and accessible introduction to pragmatics which
both covers theory and applies it to real spoken and written data. This textbook …

This paper is a longitudinal study of the acquisition of pragmatic competence. Advanced
adult nonnative speakers of English were taped in advising sessions over the course of a …