LINGUIST List 22.3880 Wed Oct 05 2011 Books: Language Acquisition/Pragmatics: Flores Salgado Editor for this issue: Danniella Hornby <daniellalinguistlist.org> Links to the websites of all LINGUIST's supporting publishers are available at the end of this issue. Directory         1.     Paul Peranteau , The Pragmatics of Requests and Apologies: Flores Salgado Message 1: The Pragmatics of Requests and Apologies: Flores Salgado Date: 04-Oct-2011 From: Paul Peranteau <paulbenjamins.com> Subject: The Pragmatics of Requests and Apologies: Flores Salgado E-mail this message to a friend Title: The Pragmatics of Requests and Apologies Subtitle: Developmental patterns of Mexican students Series Title: Pragmatics & Beyond New Series 212 Published: 2011 Publisher: John Benjamins                 http://www.benjamins.com/ Book URL: http://benjamins.com/catalog/pbns.212 Author: Elizabeth Flores Salgado Electronic: ISBN: 9789027285034 Pages: Price: Europe EURO 95.00 Electronic: ISBN: 9789027285034 Pages: Price: U.S. $ 143.00 Hardback: ISBN: 9789027256188 Pages: Price: U.K. £ 95 Hardback: ISBN: 9789027256188 Pages: Price: U.S. $ 143.00 Hardback: ISBN: 9789027256188 Pages: Price: Europe EURO 100.70 Abstract: The purpose of this research is to analyse the pragmatic development of language groups at different proficiency levels and to investigate the relationship between interlanguage pragmatics and grammatical competence. For this study, 36 native Spanish speaking EFL learners at different proficiency levels were asked to respond in English to 24 different situations that called for the speech acts of request and apology. Results showed three important aspects. The first finding suggested that basic adult learners possess a pragmatic knowledge in their L1 that allows them to focus on the intended meaning and, in most cases, to assemble an utterance that conveys a pragmatic intention and satisfies the communicative demands of a social situation. The second finding revealed that there are two essential conditions to communicate a linguistic action: the knowledge of the relevant linguistic rules and the knowledge of how to use them appropriately and effectively in a specific context. The findings further suggested that advanced learners possess the grammatical knowledge to produce an illocutionary act, but they need to learn the specific L2 pragmatic conventions that enable them to know when to use these grammatical forms and under which circumstances. 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