Pragmatics and Language Learning Volume 12

Pragmatics & Language Learning Volume 12 examines the organization of second language and multilingual speakers' talk and pragmatic knowledge across a range of naturalistic and experimental activities. Based on data collected on Danish, English, Hawai'i Creole, Indonesian, and Japanese as target languages, the contributions explore the nexus of pragmatic knowledge, interaction, and L2 learning outside and inside of educational settings.

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.