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

Format:

Book

Thesis/Dissertation

Author/Creator:

Flores Salgado, Elizabeth.

Series:

Pragmatics & beyond ; v. 212.

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

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Spanish language--Dialects--Mexico.

Spanish language.

Spanish language--Discourse analysis.

Dialogue analysis.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (276 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

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

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Macquarie University, 2009.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9786613280510

9781283280518

1283280515

9789027285034

9027285039

OCLC:

752308815