Pragmatics in Language Teaching examines the acquisition of language use in social contexts in second and foreign language classrooms. Included are 2 state-of-t
Pragmatic development is increasingly seen as the foundation stone of language acquisition more generally. From very early on, children demonstrate a strong des
There is, at present, no book introducing the general issue of why language is specific to human beings, how it works, why language is not communication and com
Pragmatics is the study of human communication: the choices speakers make to express their intended meaning and the kinds of inferences that hearers draw from a
An understanding of sociocultural context is crucial in second language learning – yet developing this awareness often poses a real challenge to the typical l