Developing Contrastive Pragmatics

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Introduction: Developing contrastive pragmatics
• Section 1: Intercultural Pragmatics and Discourse Markers
  • A conceptual basis for intercultural pragmatics and world-wide understanding
  • Sociocultural conceptualizations: Schemas and metaphorical transfer as metalinguistic learning strategies for French learners of German
  • An investigation into the pragmatics of grammar: Cultural scripts in contrast
  • Argumentation patterns in different languages: An analysis of metadiscourse markers in English and Spanish texts
  • The management of global cultural diversity in ELT materials
• Section 2: Interlanguage Pragmatics: Strategies and Identity in the Foreign Language Classroom
  • Reframing one's experience: Face, identity and roles in L2 argumentative discourse
  • Indirect complaint in the language classroom: Cross-cultural contrasts between French and Japanese students of English
  • "We make such a mishmash": Bilingual language usage in classroom peer group talk
  • Pragmatics of humor in the foreign language classroom: Learning (with) humor
• Section 3: Development of Pragmatic Competence in Foreign Language Learning: Focus on "Requests"
  • Interlanguage requests: A contrastive study
  • Development of requests: A study on Turkish learners of English
  • Perceived pragmatic transferability o f L1 request strategies by Persian learners of English
  • Dutch English requests: A study of request performance by Dutch learners of English
  • Contrasting requests in Inner Circle Englishes: A study in variational pragmatics
  • Getting better in getting what you want: Language learners' pragmatic development in requests during study abroad sojourns
• Backmatter