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 …

This article positions research on the acquisition of pragmatics as an inquiry in the greater
field of second language acquisition research. Viewing pragmatics from this intersection, I …

This book examines how nonnative speakers develop pragmatic ability in a nonprimary
language. In Chapter 2, we discuss several theoretical orientations that have been, or could …

The field of interlanguage pragmatics (ILP) concerns itself with “the study of how people
accomplish their goals and attend to interpersonal relationships while using …

Theoretical, empirical, and practical interest in pragmatic competence and development for
second language (L2) learners has resulted in a large body of literature on teaching L2 …

Taguchi and Roever present the latest developments in second language pragmatics
research, combining acquisitional and sociolinguistic perspectives. They cover theories of …

Despite the fact that research on the effects of instruction in second language pragmatics is
a subset of the literature on instructed second language acquisition, pragmatics as a …

This Element introduces the areas that second language (L2) pragmatics research has
investigated. It begins with a theme-based review of the field with respect to L2 pragmatics …

This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent
chapters of this book. The book provides a critical review of the second language (L2) …

This chapter aims to explore whether target language (TL) pragmatic features are sufficiently
learnable through pedagogical intervention and the factors that constrain pragmatic …