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Pragmatic Transfer and Development
Citation
Li, W, Pragmatic Transfer and Development, John Benjamins Publishing Company, Amsterdam, Netherlands, pp. 268. ISBN 9789027264176 (2018) [Authored Research Book]
Copyright Statement
Copyright 2018 John Benjamins B.V.
DOI: doi:10.1075/pbns.287
Abstract
Email has become a ubiquitous medium of communication. It is used amongst people from the same speech community, but also between people from different language and cultural backgrounds. When people communicate, they tend to follow rules of speaking in their native language, termed by scholars as pragmatic transfer, which may cause misunderstandings and lead to cross-cultural communication breakdown. This book examines pragmatic transfer by Chinese learners of English at different proficiency levels when writing email requests and refusals. To meet the need for developmental research in L2 pragmatics, it also explores whether pragmatic transfer increases or decreases as language proficiency improves. This book will appeal to researchers and students in interlanguage and intercultural pragmatics, second language acquisition, English as a second/foreign language, and intercultural communication.
Item Details
Item Type: | Authored Research Book |
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Keywords: | interlanguage pragmatics, pragmatic competence, speech acts, email |
Research Division: | Language, Communication and Culture |
Research Group: | Linguistics |
Research Field: | Discourse and pragmatics |
Objective Division: | Culture and Society |
Objective Group: | Communication |
Objective Field: | Communication across languages and culture |
UTAS Author: | Li, W (Dr Lucy Li) |
ID Code: | 139032 |
Year Published: | 2018 |
Deposited By: | Global Cultures and Languages |
Deposited On: | 2020-05-22 |
Last Modified: | 2020-07-21 |
Downloads: | 0 |
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