Speech act performance: theoretical, empirical and methodological issues

Speech acts are an important and integral part of day-to-day life in all languages. In language acquisition, the need to teach speech acts in a target language has been demonstrated in studies conducted in the field of interlanguage pragmatics which indicate that the performance of speech acts may d...

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Other Authors: Martínez Flor, Alicia 1969- (Editor), Usó Juan, Esther 1976- (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia John Benjamins Publishing Company [2010]
Series:Language learning and language teaching volume 26
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Summary:Speech acts are an important and integral part of day-to-day life in all languages. In language acquisition, the need to teach speech acts in a target language has been demonstrated in studies conducted in the field of interlanguage pragmatics which indicate that the performance of speech acts may differ considerably from culture to culture, thus creating communication difficulties in cross-cultural encounters. Considering these concerns, the aim of this volume is two-fold: to deal with those theoretical approaches that inform the process of learning speech acts in particular contextual and cu
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 277 Seiten) Illustrationen, Diagramme
ISBN:9789027288363
9027288364
DOI:10.1075/lllt.26

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