Interrogative structures such as 'Could you pass the salt? and 'Couldn't you pass the
salt?'can be used for making requests. A study of such pairs within a conversation analytic …

L2 requests in developmental pragmatics research are commonly investigated using non-
interactive data collection techniques or sidelining the larger discourse sequence in which …

This qualitative study examines the pragmatic tools that first-year learners of German from
two intact classes have at their disposal at the beginning and at the end of an eight-week …

This book presents a view of human language as social interaction, illustrating its
implications for language learning and second language teaching.//The volume advocates …

This monograph provides a micro-analytic description of instances of requests in everyday
German conversation. Using the framework of CA, the study systematically analyzes the …

This article focuses on situated requests, ie, interactional turns, the aim of which is to have
the recipient do something (eg, hand a tissue, close a door). Requests in face-to-face …

This study examines requests in Vietnamese, a much under-researched language, with a
view to expanding the range of languages under inquiry. Open role-plays in six scenarios …

The availability and use of online counseling approaches has increased rapidly over the last
decade. While research has suggested a range of potential affordances and limitations of …

While driving curriculum design in and beyond languages, intercultural competence remains
an elusive concept because of its broad scope. This article makes this competence tangible …

Conversation analysis offers the potential for useful contribution to the study of speech act
performance by microanalysing the sequential organisation of natural data of participants …