Pragmatic Development in a Second Language

Gabriele Kasper

ISBN 10: 0631234306 / ISBN 13: 9780631234302

Published by John Wiley and Sons Ltd, 2003

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* The first book-length treatment of second and foreign language learners acquisition of pragmatics. * Comprehensive discussion of developmental interlanguage pragmatics, presenting an up-to-date account of research findings. Series: Language Learning Monograph. Num Pages: 300 pages, 0. BIC Classification: CFDC; CFG; CJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 504. . 2003. 1st Edition. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Pragmatic Development in a Second Language
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0631234306
• ISBN 13: 9780631234302
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

This volume offers the first book-length treatment of second and foreign language learners' acquisition of pragmatics. It provides an up-to-date account of research findings and covers such central topics as the theoretical and empirical approaches to L2 pragmatic development, the relationship of pragmatic and grammatical development, the role of different learning contexts, the effect of instruction, and individual differences.

• Comprehensive discussion of developmental interlanguage pragmatics, presenting an up-to-date account of research findings
• Key source for researchers and graduate students working in applied linguistics, second language studies, pragmatics, discourse, sociolinguistics, and psycholinguistics

About the Author

Gabriele Kasper (Dr. phil.) is Professor of Second Language Studies at the University of Hawai'i, where she teaches in the M.A. in ESL, Ph.D. in SLA, and Advanced Graduate Certificate in Second Language Studies programs. Her most recent books are Misunderstanding in Social Life: Discourse Approaches to Problematic Talk, co-edited with Juliane House and Steven Ross (2003) and Pragmatics in Language Teaching, co-edited with Ken Rose (2001). Other books include Communication Strategies (Kasper & Kellerman, Eds., 1997), Interlanguage Pragmatics (Kasper & Blum-Kulka, Eds., 1993), and Cross-cultural Pragmatics (Blum-Kulka, House, & Kasper, Eds., 1989).

Kenneth R. Rose holds a Ph.D. in applied linguistics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is an Associate Professor in the Department of English and Communication at City University of Hong Kong, where he teaches in the BATESL and MATESL programs, and supervises M.Phil. and Ph.D. students. Before coming to Hong Kong, he taught at universities in Japan and the United States. His main research interests are interlanguage pragmatics and research methods. He has co-edited one book, Pragmatics in Language Teaching (Rose & Kasper, Eds., 2001), and his work has appeared in journals such as Applied Linguistics; IRAL; JALT Journal; Journal of Pragmatics; Language, Culture and Curriculum; Language Learning; and Studies in Second Language Acquisition, as well as in a number of edited volumes.