Author : Susan M. Gass
Publisher : Multilingual Matters Limited
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 19,21 MB
Release : 1989
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN :
This book presents a number of solutions to the problems of studying variability in second language acquisition. It makes important contributions to methodological and theoretical issues in SLA, as well as to the role of these issues in general linguistics.
Author : J. César Félix-Brasdefer
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 50,20 MB
Release : 2012-09-12
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9027273278
Departing from Schneider and Barron (2008), representing the emerging field of Variational Pragmatics, this volume examines pragmatic variation focusing on methods utilized to collect and analyze data in a variety of first (L1) and second (L2) language contexts. The objectives are to: (1) examine variation in such areas of pragmatics as speech acts, conventional expressions, metapragmatics, stance, frames, mitigation, communicative action, (im)politeness, and implicature; and (2) critically review central methodological concerns relevant for research in pragmatic variation, such as coding, ethical issues, qualitative and quantitative methods, and individual variation. Theoretical frameworks vary from variationist and interactional sociolinguistics, to variational pragmatics. This collection contains eleven chapters by leading scholars, including two state-of-the art chapters on key methodological issues of pragmatic variation study. Given the theoretical perspectives, methodological focus, and analyses, the book will be of interest to those who study pragmatics, discourse analysis, second language acquisition, sociolinguistics, corpus linguistics, and language variation.
Author : Elizabeth Peterson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 36,33 MB
Release : 2022-07-28
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1108836208
The book highlights the expansion of discourse-pragmatic variation and change, especially under-studied variables and languages.
Author : Alexandra D'Arcy
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 18,63 MB
Release : 2017-09-21
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9027265313
Like is a ubiquitous feature of English with a deep history in the language, exhibiting regular and constrained variable grammars over time. This volume explores the various contexts of like, each of which contributes to the reality of contemporary vernaculars: its historical context, its developmental context, its social context, and its ideological context. The final chapter examines the ways in which these contexts overlap and inform current understanding of acquisition, structure, change, and embedding. The volume also features an extensive appendix, containing numerous examples of like in its pragmatic functions from a range of English corpora, both diachronic and synchronic. The volume will be of interest to students and scholars of English historical linguistics, grammaticalization, language variation and change, discourse-pragmatics and the interface of these fields with formal linguistic theory.
Author : Gabriele Kasper
Publisher : Natl Foreign Lg Resource Ctr
Page : 66 pages
File Size : 37,25 MB
Release : 1991
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9780824814199
Author : Gabriele Kasper
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 19,8 MB
Release : 1993-08-05
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 019536211X
As a field of inquiry, interlanguage pragmatics reflects the growing interest in recent years in understanding the social and pragmatic aspects of second language acquisition. Interlanguage Pragmatics offers an up-to-date synthesis of current research in the field, documenting from diverse perspectives the development, comprehension, and production of pragmatic knowledge in a second language. The book consists of three sections. The first concerns cognitive approaches to interlanguage pragmatic development; the second, interlanguage speech act realization of a variety of speech acts; and the third, discoursal perspectives on interlanguage. Each section is prefaced by an introduction by the editors which provides relevant theoretical and methodological background. The editors' general introduction offers a critical overview of the issues currently debated. This book is the first to exclusively address the pragmatic dimension in second language acquistion, presenting a state-of-the-art view of the field and outlining directions for future research.
Author : Heike Pichler
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 20,10 MB
Release : 2016-06-02
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1107055768
Introducing a range of new methods and insights for analysing discourse-pragmatic variation and change, this volume aims to inform future studies in the field.
Author : J. César Félix-Brasdefer
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 29,39 MB
Release : 2021-02-22
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 3110721872
New Directions in Second Language Pragmatics brings together varying perspectives in second language (L2) pragmatics to show both historical developments in the field, while also looking towards the future, including theoretical, empirical, and implementation perspectives. This volume is divided in four sections: teaching and learning speech acts, assessing pragmatic competence, analyzing discourses in digital contexts, and current issues in L2 pragmatics. The chapters focus on various aspects related to the learning, teaching, and assessing of L2 pragmatics and cover a range of learning environments. The authors address current topics in L2 pragmatics such as: speech acts from a discursive perspective; pragmatics instruction in the foreign language classroom and during study abroad; assessment of pragmatic competence; research methods used to collect pragmatics data; pragmatics in computer-mediated contexts; the role of implicit and explicit knowledge; discourse markers as a resource for interaction; and the framework of translingual practice. Taken together, the chapters in this volume foreground innovations and new directions in the field of L2 pragmatics while, at the same time, ground their work in the existing literature. Consequently, this volume both highlights where the field of L2 pragmatics has been and offers cutting-edge insights into where it is going in the future.
Author : Iria Bello
Publisher : Peter Lang Limited, International Academic Publishers
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,95 MB
Release : 2019
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781787078918
This volume employs a range of empirical methodologies, including eye-tracking, direct observation, qualitative research and corpus analysis, to describe the use of discourse markers in second language acquisition. It aims to enrich our understanding of the cognitive behaviour of L2 speakers.
Author : Elizabeth Peterson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 29,41 MB
Release : 2022-07-28
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1108873367
Discourse-pragmatic markers are central to everyday language, yet many aspects of their use and functions remain elusive or under-investigated. Bringing together a global team of leading scholars, this volume presents a representative showcase of work currently being conducted in the field of discourse-pragmatic variation and change, including investigations of features such as uh/um, please, sentence-final is all, and discourse-pragmatic features from a number of languages. The book emphasizes that not only have researchers answered the call to address complex issues such as cross-linguistic reliability, extending research across languages, and expanding and improving on methods and analysis, but that they continue to address perennial questions in the field of language variation and change. With sections on theoretical and methodological issues, innovative variables, and language contact situations, the volume offers a robust overview of best practices for both new and experienced researchers.
