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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780461203321

Autore

Achiba Machiko

Titolo

Learning to request in a second language [[electronic resource] ] : a study of child interlanguage pragmatics / / Machiko Achiba

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Clevedon [England] ; ; Buffalo [N.Y.], : Multilingual Matters, c2003

ISBN

1-78892-022-8

1-280-73928-2

9781853596132

9786610739288

1-85359-613-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (235 p.)

Collana

Second language acquisition ; ; 2

Disciplina

418

Soggetti

Second language acquisition

English language - Acquisition

Interlanguage (Language learning)

Pragmatics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-199) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Tables, Figures and Appendices -- Summary -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. A Review of the Literature -- Chapter 3. Methodology -- Chapter 4. Development of Request Realisation -- Chapter 5. Requestive Hints -- Chapter 6. Variation in Use: Request Goals -- Chapter 7. Variation in Use: Addresses -- Chapter 8. Modification -- Chapter 9. Summary and Conclusions -- References -- Appendices -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book examines the acquisition of requests in English by a seven- year-old Japanese girl during her 17-month residence in Australia. The study focuses on the linguistic repertoire available to the child as she attempts to make requests and vary these to suit different goals and addressees. This book helps unravel features of pragmatic development in the child's interlanguage, a subject about which we yet know very little.