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 …

L2 learners' development of pragmatic ability has been studied from a variety of theoretical
perspectives. This paper seeks to assess the contributions made by different approaches to …

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 …

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 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) …

Unlike other areas of second language study, which are primarily concerned with
acquisitional patterns of interlanguage knowledge over time, most studies in interlanguage …

G. Kasper and R. Schmidt (1996) have argued that the field of investigation known as
interlanguage pragmatics has been essentially modelled on cross‐cultural pragmatics …

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 …

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

This book examines L2 learners' development of pragmatic competence-the appropriate
language use in a social context. It reveals patterns of development across different aspects …