Pragmatic competence (M. de Gruyter, 2009)
Includes bibliographical references (xvii-xxi) and index
Frontmatter; Contents; (Instead of a) Foreword; Pragmatic competence in Japanese as a second language: An introduction; From a! to zo: Japanese pragmatics and its contribution to JSL/JFL pedagogy; Indexing stance in interaction with the Japanese desu/masu and plain forms; Advanced learners' honorific styles in emails and telephone calls; Subjectivity and pragmatic choice in L2 Japanese: Emulating and resisting pragmatic norms; Requesting in Japanese: The effect of instruction on JFL learners' pragmatic competence
In the disciplines of applied linguistics and second language acquisition (SLA), the study of pragmatic competence has been driven by several fundamental questions: What does it mean to become pragmatically competent in a second language (L2)? How can we examine pragmatic competence to make inference of its development among L2 learners? In what ways do research findings inform teaching and assessment of pragmatic competence? This book explores these key issues in Japanese as a second/foreign language