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29 - Pragmatic Awareness in Intercultural Language Learning

from Part V - Language Learning

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 September 2022

By
Troy McConachy
Edited by
Istvan Kecskes
Istvan Kecskes
Affiliation:
State University of New York, Albany
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Summary

This chapter examines theoretical understandings and research findings related to the notion of pragmatic awareness within the field of intercultural language learning, highlighting important points of connection with the field of intercultural pragmatics. It first presents a critical overview of dominant theoretical understandings of pragmatic awareness within the field of language learning and then delineates key assumptions about the relationship between pragmatics and culture that have informed work on pragmatic awareness with a distinctly intercultural orientation. This discussion brings into focus a number of ways that sociocultural and socio-cognitive perspectives within intercultural pragmatics have contributed to an enlarged understanding of the nature of pragmatic interpretation and the close links between pragmatics and moral judgments. The chapter then addresses key findings and perspectives from empirical studies on pragmatic awareness within the field of intercultural language learning, highlighting implications for the field of intercultural pragmatics and areas for future development.

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pragmatic awarenessmetapragmatic awarenessmetalinguistic featuresconversational strategies
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The Cambridge Handbook of Intercultural Pragmatics , pp. 766 - 787
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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