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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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  • Pragmatic Competence and Relevance; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Dedication page; Table of contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1. The scope of pragmatics; 1.1 Language and verbal communication; 1.2 Meaning and the semantics/pragmatics distinction; 1.3 Pragmatic competence and criteria for delimitation; Chapter 2. Pragmatic meaning in L2; 2.1 Sociological perspective; 2.1.1 Systemic functional grammar; 2.1.2 Inter-language pragmatics in EFL; 2.2 Cognitive perspective; 2.2.1 Construction grammar; Chapter 3. Genres and pragmatic competence
  • 3.1 Criteria for genre specification3.2 Genre-specific conventions and formulaic prototypes; 3.2.1 Genres as social constructs; 3.2.2 Genres as construction frames; 3.3 Towards a pragmatic-cognitive account of genre; 3.3.1 Figurative utterances and inference: Implications for pragmatic development; Chapter 4. Relevance theory and communication; 4.1 Mind-reading and pragmatic competence; 4.1.1 Relevance theory, context and manifestness in EFL; 4.2 Optimal relevance and the relevance-theoretic comprehension heuristic; 4.2.1 Cognitive components of pragmatic development in L2
  • Chapter 7. ConclusionReferences; Appendix. Editorials; News reports; Index