Through a glass, darkly: When learner pragmatics is misconstrued
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The notion of a second language native-speaker target for learners of pragmatics has been criticised on several counts. However, one problem with this target seems to have escaped notice: when a learner behaves in a native-like way the native speaker might actually misconstrue this behaviour, because he or she views it through a filter of expectations about how the learner will behave. This claim is illustrated with snippets of ethnographic data on one pragmatic problem: avoiding unwelcome...[Show more]
dc.contributor.author | Hassall, Tim | |
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dc.date.accessioned | 2015-12-13T22:38:07Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0378-2166 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/77401 | |
dc.description.abstract | The notion of a second language native-speaker target for learners of pragmatics has been criticised on several counts. However, one problem with this target seems to have escaped notice: when a learner behaves in a native-like way the native speaker might actually misconstrue this behaviour, because he or she views it through a filter of expectations about how the learner will behave. This claim is illustrated with snippets of ethnographic data on one pragmatic problem: avoiding unwelcome questions in Indonesian. | |
dc.publisher | Elsevier | |
dc.source | Journal of Pragmatics | |
dc.subject | Keywords: Avoiding questions; Indonesian; Interlanguage pragmatics; Pragmatic expectations; Target norm | |
dc.title | Through a glass, darkly: When learner pragmatics is misconstrued | |
dc.type | Journal article | |
local.description.notes | Imported from ARIES | |
local.description.refereed | Yes | |
local.identifier.citationvolume | 36 | |
dc.date.issued | 2004 | |
local.identifier.absfor | 200401 - Applied Linguistics and Educational Linguistics | |
local.identifier.ariespublication | MigratedxPub6263 | |
local.type.status | Published Version | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Hassall, Timothy, College of Asia and the Pacific, ANU | |
local.description.embargo | 2037-12-31 | |
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage | 997 | |
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage | 1002 | |
local.identifier.doi | 10.1016/j.pragma.2003.09.001 | |
dc.date.updated | 2015-12-11T09:40:46Z | |
local.identifier.scopusID | 2-s2.0-2342618305 | |
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