Third Language Learners

Pragmatic Production and Awareness

von Maria Pilar Safont Jorda

184 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

The book focuses on one aspect of foreign language acquisition that has not received much attention, that of the effect of bilingualism in the oral production of the English language learners. Two research areas have tackled this issue separately. On the one hand, third language acquisition researchers have analysed bilingualism effects in the acquisition of a third language. On the other hand, studies in interlanguage pragmatics have taken into account variables affecting the use of request acts by second language learners of English. The two research areas are connected in this volume, as it deals with bilingualism effects in the pragmatic production and awareness of third language learners of English. The first part of the book includes a theoretical description of research conducted in the areas of third language acquisition and interlanguage pragmatics, and the second part presents a detailed description of the empirical study carried out in a multilingual speech community.

• Themen: Sprache und Sprachwissenschaft Fremdsprachenerwerb, Fremdsprachendidaktik Spezielle Kompetenzen
• ISBN: 9781853598036
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 06.04.2005
• Größe: 211 x 150 mm
• Verlag: Multilingual Matters Limited