Learning to request in a second language : a study of child interlanguage pragmatics / Machiko Achiba.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Achiba, Machiko.

Series:

Second language acquisition ; 2.

Second language acquisition ; 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Second language acquisition.

English language--Acquisition.

English language.

Interlanguage (Language learning).

Pragmatics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (235 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

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

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

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

ISBN:

9781853596132

9786610739288

9781788920223

1788920228

9781280739286

1280739282

9781853596131

1853596132

OCLC:

475918545