Intercultural PragmatIcs Page 1 2024 · Volume 21 · Issue 1 Intercultural PragmatIcs edItor-In-chIef
Professor Dr. Istvan Kecskes State University of New York at Albany reVIew edItor Dr. Jesus …

Peter B. Smith was born near Colchester, UK, in 1937, and obtained his PhD from
Cambridge University in 1962. After working at Leeds University, he joined the University of …

Making pragmatics accessible to a wide range of students and instructors without dumbing
down the content of the field, this text for language professionals: raises awareness and …

The present study aimed to recast the issue of production of refusals by Iranian EFL
learners, exploring the frequency, shift and content of semantic formulas with regard to …

Communication breakdowns can occur during cross-cultural communication due to different
perceptions and interpretations of appropriateness and politeness. This study investigates …

This paper aims to discuss how the emerging new language with its own developing socio-
cultural foundation affects the existing L1-governed knowledge and pragmatic competence …

English as a Lingua Franca (ELF) is a term used to describe the use of English as a common
language for communication between speakers whose first language is not English …

Pragmatics has grown considerably in its relatively short history, from its original disciplinary
influences in philosophy and linguistics, into a multidisciplinary field that encompasses a …

The present study deals with pragmatic transfer of Iraqi EFL learners' refusal strategies as
reflected by their responses to a modified version of 12-items written discourse completion …

This chapter discusses theoretical underpinnings of the key constructs and their relationship
to pragmatic language use, as well as a summary of research. In language socialization …