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Making requests by Chinese EFL learners /

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....

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wang, Vincent X.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub., ©2011.
Colección:Pragmatics & beyond ; new ser., 207.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario: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 specifi.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xii, 199 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 172-182) and index.
ISBN:9789027286802
9027286809
9781283121989
1283121980