Overview

This study reports on an investigation designed to, in some way, meet the need for acquistition research in L2 pragmatics - in particular in the form of longitudinal studies - and also to meet the need for research into the acquisition of L2 pragmatic competence in German. Specifically, it concerns a longitudinal study in which the development of the L2 pragmatic competence of a group of 32 Irish learners of German is investigated over ten months spent studying in the target speech community, Germany. The study is anchored in the field of interlanguage pragmatics, and the approach taken is speech-act based - interest focusing on productions of requests, offers and refusals of offers. The study also draws on research from discourse analysis in the investigation of offer-refusal of offer exchanges. The objective of this study was to record any developments - whether towards or away form the L2 norm - in the L2 pragmatic competence of the current group of learners over time spent in the target community.

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Author:   Anne Barron (University of Bonn)
Publisher:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Imprint:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Volume:   108
Weight:   0.695kg
ISBN:  

9789027253507

ISBN 10:   9027253501
Pages:   403
Publication Date:   28 April 2003
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1. List of tables; 2. List of figures; 3. Abbreviations; 4. Acknowledgements; 5. 1. Introduction; 6. 2. A pragmatic approach; 7. 3. Acquisitional issues in learner pragmatics; 8. 4. Experimental design; 9. 5. A pragmatic analysis; 10. 6. Conclusion; 11. Notes; 12. References; 13. Appendix; 14. Name index; 15. Subject index

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