Pragmatic Development in a Second Language

by Kasper, Gabriele; Rose, Kenneth R.; Young, Richard F.

• ISBN13: 9780631234302
• ISBN10: 0631234306
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-07-09
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

This volume offers the first book-length treatment of second and foreign language learners' acquisition of pragmatics. It provides an up-to-date account of research findings and covers such central topics as the theoretical and empirical approaches to L2 pragmatic development, the relationship of pragmatic and grammatical development, the role of different learning contexts, the effect of instruction, and individual differences.

Author Biography

Gabriele Kasper (Dr. phil.) is Professor of Second Language Studies at the University of Hawai'i, where she teaches in the M.A. in ESL, Ph.D. in SLA, and Advanced Graduate Certificate in Second Language Studies programs. Her most recent books are Misunderstanding in Social Life: Discourse Approaches to Problematic Talk, co-edited with Juliane House and Steven Ross (2003) and Pragmatics in Language Teaching, co-edited with Ken Rose (2001). Other books include Communication Strategies (Kasper & Kellerman, Eds., 1997), Interlanguage Pragmatics (Kasper & Blum-Kulka, Eds., 1993), and Cross-cultural Pragmatics (Blum-Kulka, House, & Kasper, Eds., 1989).

Kenneth R. Rose holds a Ph.D. in applied linguistics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is an Associate Professor in the Department of English and Communication at City University of Hong Kong, where he teaches in the BATESL and MATESL programs, and supervises M.Phil. and Ph.D. students. Before coming to Hong Kong, he taught at universities in Japan and the United States. His main research interests are interlanguage pragmatics and research methods. He has co-edited one book, Pragmatics in Language Teaching (Rose & Kasper, Eds., 2001), and his work has appeared in journals such as Applied Linguistics; IRAL; JALT Journal; Journal of Pragmatics; Language, Culture and Curriculum; Language Learning; and Studies in Second Language Acquisition, as well as in a number of edited volumes.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Introduction to Second Language Pragmatic Development	1	(12)
Chapter 2. Theories of Second Language Pragmatic Development	13	(50)
Descriptive studies	14	(2)
Theories and Constructs	16	(42)
The Acculturation Model	16	(4)
Cognitive Processing	20	(12)
Sociocultural Theory	32	(10)
Language Socialization	42	(13)
Interactional Competence as Goal and Process	55	(3)
Explaining Pragmatic Development	58	(3)
Chapter Summary	61	(2)
Chapter 3. Approaches to Developmental Pragmatics Research	63	(54)
Methodological Resources From Across the Social Sciences	64	(11)
Developmental Research Designs	75	(4)
Spoken Interaction	79	(10)
Authentic Discourse	80	(4)
Elicited Conversation	84	(2)
Role Play	86	(3)
Questionnaires	89	(14)
Discourse Completion Tasks	90	(6)
Multiple-Choice Questions	96	(4)
Scaled-Response Questionnaires	100	(3)
Oral and Written Self-Report	103	(13)
Interviews	103	(4)
Think-Aloud Protocols	107	(5)
Diaries	112	(4)
Chapter Summary	116	(1)
Chapter 4. Developmental Patterns in Second Language Pragmatics	117	(42)
Pragmatic Comprehension	118	(7)
Pragmatic and Discourse Ability	125	(9)
Speech Acts	134	(19)
Requests	135	(12)
Other Speech Acts	147	(6)
Pragmatic Transfer and Development	153	(4)
Chapter Summary	157	(2)
Chapter 5. The Development of Pragmatics and Grammar	159	(32)
Reopening the Research Agenda	160	(3)
Pragmatics Precedes Grammar	163	(11)
The Universal Pragmatics Principle	163	(4)
Functional-Linguistic Theories of Second Language Acquisition	167	(1)
Evidence for the Primacy of Pragmatics	168	(6)
Grammar Precedes Pragmatics	174	(11)
Grammatical Knowledge Does Not Enable Pragmalinguistic Use	175	(5)
Grammatical Knowledge Enables Non-Target-Like Pragmalinguistic Use	180	(2)
Grammatical and Pragmalinguistic Knowledge Enable Non-Target-Like Sociopragmatic Use	182	(3)
Pragmatics and Grammar in Developmental Perspective	185	(4)
Chapter Summary	189	(2)
Chapter 6. Learning Context and Learning Opportunities	191	(46)
Length of Residence as a Factor in Pragmatic Development: The Longer the Better?	192	(5)
Input and Interaction in Noninstructional Settings	197	(11)
Ordinary Discourse	197	(8)
Institutional Discourse	205	(3)
Input in Instructional Settings	208	(9)
Comparing L2 Pragmatic Learning in Foreign and Second Language settings	217	(13)
Pragmatic Development at Home and Abroad	220	(10)
Appraising the Influence of the Learning Environment	230	(4)
Chapter Summary	234	(3)
Chapter 7. The Role of Instruction in Learning Second Language Pragmatics	237	(38)
Research on Instructed Second Language Acquisition	238	(2)
Learning Targets	240	(3)
Learner Characteristics and Learning Contexts	243	(5)
Research Issues and Findings	248	(2)
Teachability	250	(5)
Instruction Versus Exposure	255	(4)
Different Teaching Approaches	259	(10)
Design Issues in Research on Instruction on Pragmatics	269	(4)
Chapter Summary	273	(2)
Chapter 8. Individual Differences in L2 Pragmatic Development	275	(30)
A Framework for ID Research	276	(16)
Age	278	(2)
Gender	280	(3)
Motivation	283	(5)
Social and Psychological Distance	288	(4)
Beyond IDs: Social Identity in Learning L2 Pragmatics	292	(10)
Chapter summary	302	(3)
Chapter 9. Epilogue	305	(8)
References	313	(28)
Index	341