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Pragmatic competence and relevance /

This book probes into under-researched issues in L2 pragmatics. Firstly, pragmatic competence, pragmatic awareness and metapragmatic awareness are re-defined and clearly distinguished on theoretical grounds. Secondly, pragmatic competence and its manifestations are evaluated on empirical grounds by...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ifantidou, Elly (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2014.
Colección:Pragmatics & beyond.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:This book probes into under-researched issues in L2 pragmatics. Firstly, pragmatic competence, pragmatic awareness and metapragmatic awareness are re-defined and clearly distinguished on theoretical grounds. Secondly, pragmatic competence and its manifestations are evaluated on empirical grounds by distinct criteria and validated testing measures. More importantly, genuine pragmatic inference is elicited in contexts of online interpretation where figurative speech plays a central role. Genre-specific discourse which occurs in editorials and news reports serves as a natural testbed for examinin.
Descripción Física:1 online resource
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9789027270375
9027270376
1306770971
9781306770972