Social Distance as a Factor in the Achievement of Pragmatic Competence. CLCS Occasional Paper No. 47

Social Distance as a Factor in the Achievement of Pragmatic Competence. CLCS Occasional Paper No. 47 [electronic resource] / Barbara Lazenby Simpson.

Acquisition of pragmatic competence by second language learners in the target language environment is examined, drawing on a study of learners of English as a Second Language in Dublin (Ireland). The hypothesis presented is that learners who perceive social or cultural distance between themselves an...

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Main Author: Simpson, Barbara Lazenby
Corporate Author: Trinity Coll., Dublin (Ireland). Centre for Language and Communication Studies
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: [S.l.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1997.
Subjects:
Communicative Competence (Languages)
Cultural Context.
Culture Conflict.
English (Second Language)
Foreign Countries.
Linguistic Theory.
Pragmatics.
Schemata (Cognition)
Second Language Learning.
Sociocultural Patterns.
Speech Acts.

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