Learning to Request in a Second Language : a Study of Child Interlanguage Pragmatics.

Learning to Request in a Second Language : a Study of Child Interlanguage Pragmatics.

This book examines the acquisition of requests in English by a seven- year-old Japanese girl during her 17-month residence in Australia. The study focuses on the linguistic repertoire available to the child as she attempts to make requests and vary these to suit different goals and addressees.

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Main Author: Machiko Achiba (Professor of Applied Linguistics, Tokyo Woman's Christian University, Japan)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Clevedon : Multilingual Matters, 2003.
Series:Second Language Acquisition S.
Subjects:
Second language acquisition.
English language > Acquisition.
Interlanguage (Language learning)
Pragmatics.
pragmatics.
REFERENCE.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Alphabets & Writing Systems.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > General.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Grammar & Punctuation.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Spelling.
English language > Acquisition
Pragmatics
Second language acquisition
Tweedetaalverwerving.
Vraagzinnen.
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