基本説明
This book draws on recent literature, such as politeness theories and cognitive models for interlanguage pragmatics development, as well as placing special emphasis on situational context and formulaic language to provide a more fine-grained investigation.
Full Description
Requests, a speech act people frequently use to perform everyday social interactions, have attracted particular attention in politeness theories, pragmatics, and second language acquisition. This book looks at request behaviours in a significant EFL population - Chinese-speaking learners of English. It will draw on recent literature, such as politeness theories and cognitive models for interlanguage pragmatics development, as well as placing special emphasis on situational context and formulaic language to provide a more fine-grained investigation. A range of request scenarios has been specifically designed for this project, from common service encounters to highly face-threatening situations such as borrowing money and asking a favour of police officer. Our findings on Chinese-style pragmatic behaviours and patterns of pragmatic development will be of value to cross-cultural pragmatics researchers, TESOL professionals, and university students with an interest in this area of study.
Contents
1. Preface; 2. List of tables; 3. List of abbreviations; 4. Acknowledgements; 5. 1. Introduction; 6. 2. Interlanguage pragmatics: A critical review; 7. 3. Method; 8. 4. Strategy use; 9. 5. Formulaic expressions; 10. 6. Internal modifications; 11. 7. External modifications and utterance length; 12. 8. How Chinese EFL learners make requests: Overall pattern & implications; 13. 9. Conclusion; 14. Notes; 15. References; 16. Appendix 1. The discourse completion tasks; 17. Appendix 2. Strategy types by scenario; 18. Appendix 3. Formulaic expressions by scenario; 19. Index
