The present study analyzes openings and closings, requests and apologies in e-mail writing
by EFL learners and English native speakers. It first aims to explore possible differences in …

The present study investigated learners' interlanguage pragmatic development through
analysis of 99 requestive emails addressed to a faculty member over a period of up to two …

The present study attempts to explore the reasons behind pragmatic failure among
advanced EFL learners when trying to communicate orally in their classes as perceived by …

The current paper provides results of a study that investigated the usage of pragmatics by
non-native speakers (NNSs) of English when making e-mail requests. Initial data from the …

It has been long recognized that English language users tend to produce grammatically
correct, yet situationally inappropriate utterances. The current study investigates whether pre …

This study sets out to examine the pragmatic competence of Cantonese adult learners of
English possessing different levels of proficiency when performing the speech act of …

The purpose of the present study is to examine a) how lower-intermediate and
upperintermediate level Turkish learners of English-as-a-foreign language (EFL) realize …

An area of intercultural pragmatics (ILP) that has been investigated extensively is the ability
of learners to understand and use indirect and polite language in performing speech acts …

This study investigates Taiwanese EFL learners' pragmatic competence in the production of
email request to their professors in a university setting. It sets to find out their use of …

Email communication is pervasive in faculty interaction. As there exists status imbalance
between students and professors in this type of context, emails are expected to cater for the …