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<html> <head><meta http-equiv=content-type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"></head> <body> <P>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? </P> <P>This book explores these key issues in Japanese as a second/foreign language. The book has three sections. The first section offers a general overview and historical sketch of the study of Japanese pragmatics and its influence on Japanese pedagogy and curriculum. The overview chapter is followed by eight empirical findings, each dealing with phenomena that are significant in Japanese pragmatics. They target selected features of Japanese pragmatics and investigate the learners' use of them as an indicator of their pragmatic competence. </P> <P>The target pragmatic features are wide-ranging, among them honorifics, speech style, sentence final particles, s

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Author

Taguchi, Naoko (editor)

Publisher

De Gruyter Mouton

Published

2009

Language

EN

ISBN

9783110218541

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Language Learning, Linguistics, Literary Fiction