One of the few books in the field of applied linguistics to use pragmatics theory to support and implement pedagogical applications This book investigates the most common challenges that learners of Japanese encounter in spoken interactions. Through qualitative research with university students in Ireland, it highlights learners' difficulties in navigating implicit meaning, sociocultural expectations and interactional norms.
The author uses pragmatics theory to support and implement pedagogical applications to raise awareness in teaching environments of a wide range of indispensable communicative acts that learners need to use and interpret in real-life communication. The book offers a fresh perspective, framing learners' challenges through Relevance Theory, a cognitive approach to communication that has been underexplored in second language pragmatics research.
It will appeal to researchers in pragmatics, SLA, cognitive linguistics and Japanese pedagogy.
| ISBN: | 9781836680260 |
| Publication date: | 15th December 2026 |
| Author: | Erika Marcet |
| Publisher: | Multilingual Matters an imprint of Channel View Publications |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 186 pages |
| Series: | Second Language Acquisition |
| Genres: |
Language teaching and learning: second or additional languages Cross-cultural / Intercultural studies and topics Language acquisition Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics Higher education, tertiary education |
One of the few books in the field of applied linguistics to use pragmatics theory to support and implement pedagogical applications This book investigates the most common challenges that learners of Japanese encounter in spoken interactions. Through qualitative research with university students in Ireland, it highlights learners' difficulties in navigating implicit meaning, sociocultural expectations and interactional norms.
Developing Second Language Pragmatic Competence features in the following genres: Language teaching and learning: second or additional languages, Cross-cultural / Intercultural studies and topics, Language acquisition, Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics, Higher education, tertiary education
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Developing Second Language Pragmatic Competence was written by Erika Marcet and published by Multilingual Matters an imprint of Channel View Publications
Developing Second Language Pragmatic Competence has 186 pages
Yes it is part of Second Language Acquisition series
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