L2 Pragmatic Development in Study Abroad Contexts

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Wei Ren

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Linguistic Insights,

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Pragmatic competence plays a key role in intercultural communication, particularly for students studying in a target community. This book investigates the effect of study abroad on second language learners’ productive and receptive pragmatic competences, as well as their cognitive processes during speech act production. It employs a variety of research instruments, both quantitative and qualitative, to explore learners’ pragmatic development over one year. The inclusion of a control group is a methodological strength of the longitudinal study, many such studies often not including a control group. In addition, the study longitudinally examines learners’ cognitive processes during study abroad with innovative and insightful analyses. The book makes an important contribution to second language pragmatics with regard to developmental changes in both speech act production and perception during such processes.

Author Biography:

Wei Ren is Professor of Applied Linguistics and a Yunshan Young Scholar at the National Key Research Center for Linguistics and Applied Linguistics at Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, China. His research interests include Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Pragmatics,Pragmatic variation, and English as a Lingua Franca Communication.

Release date Australia

May 12th, 2015

Author

Wei Ren

Audience

Professional & Vocational

Edition

New edition

Pages

256

Series

Linguistic Insights,

Dimensions

150x225x20

ISBN-13

9783034313582

Product ID

23110887

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