Professional interpreters are obliged by their codes of ethics to interpret the speakers'
speech faithfully, including offensive, profane or vulgar language. In order to achieve this …

1 Introducción Este capítulo analiza la enseñanza y el aprendizaje de la pragmática por
parte de aprendices del español como segunda lengua (L2). Como señalan Félix-Brasdefer …

The last two decades have witnessed many studies reporting factors that promote second
language (L2) learners' pragmatic competence such as pragmatic input, language …

The aim of this study is to explore how trainee interpreters deal with rapport-building
features in interpreter-mediated police interviews with victims in the United Kingdom and …

Pragmatic variation involves the study of pragmatic features of language use in action and
how these features vary according to linguistic, situational, and macrosocial factors (eg …

The present study analyses the impoliteness of criticism over social status and distance,
incorporating the concept of" levels of imposition." Criticism as a fundamental speech act is …

Several studies have examined the second language acquisition of English conventional
expressions (CEs) in the study abroad context. However, there is a lack of studies that …

Este artículo analiza los aportes de la lingüística contrastiva a la enseñanza de segundas
lenguas. En primer lugar, a través de una breve reseña histórica, se estudia el papel de esta …

Given the myriad ways that the field of pragmatics can be studied, the need for a chapter
dedicated to research methods in pragmatics is clear. The goal here is to present the most …