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Record Nr.

UNINA9910968479903321

Autore

Flores Salgado Elizabeth

Titolo

The pragmatics of requests and apologies : developmental patterns of Mexican students / / Elizabeth Flores Salgado

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2011

ISBN

9786613280510

9781283280518

1283280515

9789027285034

9027285039

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (276 p.)

Collana

Pragmatics & beyond new series (P&BNS), , 0922-842X ; ; v. 212

Classificazione

IM 2380

Disciplina

460.1/45

Soggetti

Spanish language - Dialects - Mexico

Spanish language - Discourse analysis

Dialogue analysis

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 and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

The Pragmatics of Requests and Apologies; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; List of tables; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; 2. Acquisitional issues in pragmatics; 3. Methodology; 4. Analysis of results; 5. Summary of findings; 6. Conclusions; References; Appendix 1; Appendix 2; Appendix 3; Appendix 4; Name index; Subject index

Sommario/riassunto

The purpose of this research is to analyse the pragmatic development of language groups at different proficiency levels and to investigate the relationship between interlanguage pragmatics and grammatical competence. For this study, 36 native Spanish speaking EFL learners at different proficiency levels were asked to respond in English to 24 different situations that called for the speech acts of request and apology. Results showed three important aspects. The first finding suggested that basic adult learners possess a pragmatic knowledge in their L1 that allows them to focus on the intended m