The pragmatics of requests and apologies : developmental patterns of Mexican students / Elizabeth Flores Salgado.
The purpose of this research is to analyse the pragmatic development of language groups at different proficiency levels and to investigate the relationship between interlanguage pragmatics and grammatical competence. For this study, 36 native Spanish speaking EFL learners at different proficiency le...
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| Format: | Thesis eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Amsterdam ; Philadelphia :
John Benjamins Pub. Co.,
2011.
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| Series: | Pragmatics & beyond ;
v. 212. |
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| Summary: | The purpose of this research is to analyse the pragmatic development of language groups at different proficiency levels and to investigate the relationship between interlanguage pragmatics and grammatical competence. For this study, 36 native Spanish speaking EFL learners at different proficiency levels were asked to respond in English to 24 different situations that called for the speech acts of request and apology. Results showed three important aspects. The first finding suggested that basic adult learners possess a pragmatic knowledge in their L1 that allows them to focus on the intended m. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xi, 263 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789027256188 9027256187 9789027285034 9027285039 1283280515 9781283280518 |
| ISSN: | 0922-842X ; |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |