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

• Autore: Flores Salgado Elizabeth
• Pubblicazione: Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2011
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (276 p.)
• Disciplina: 460.1/45
• Soggetto topico: Spanish language - Dialects - Mexico; Spanish language - Discourse analysis; Dialogue analysis
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: The pragmatics of requests and apologies
• ISBN: 1-283-28051-5; 9786613280510; 90-272-8503-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910819195003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Pragmatics & beyond ; ; v. 212.