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L2 pragmatics as 'intercultural pragmatics' : probing sociopragmatic aspects of pragmatic awareness

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McConachy, Troy (2019) L2 pragmatics as 'intercultural pragmatics' : probing sociopragmatic aspects of pragmatic awareness. Journal of Pragmatics, 151 . pp. 167-176. doi:10.1016/j.pragma.2019.02.014

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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pragma.2019.02.014

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Abstract

One of the important ‘current issues in intercultural pragmatics’ is how conceptual, theoretical, and empirical developments in this field can be used to help reconstitute the teaching and learning of second languages as an intercultural endeavor. The field of intercultural pragmatics raises important questions and presents challenges to prevailing perspectives within language teaching on what it means to know and use languages for intercultural communication, particularly how notions such as pragmatic awareness should be understood. This paper links recent views of pragmatics as social and moral practice (E.g. Kádár & Haugh, 2013; Spencer-Oatey & Kádár, 2016) with sociocognitive perspectives on pragmatic interpretation (Kecskes, 2014; Author 1 2013; Author 2 2018) to offer a reconceptualization of pragmatic awareness for second language learning. The paper draws on data from an English language classroom in Japan to illustrate some of the ways in which collaborative meta-pragmatic reflection in the classroom opens up possibilities for exploring various cultural assumptions drawn from the L1 and L2 that come into play when interpreting aspects of L2 pragmatics. This will be used to suggest a conceptualisation of pragmatic awareness as a layered phenomenon that is inherently multilingual and intercultural.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: P Language and Literature > P Philology. Linguistics
Divisions: Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Applied Linguistics
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Pragmatics, Intercultural communication
Journal or Publication Title: Journal of Pragmatics
Publisher: Elsevier BV
ISSN: 0378-2166
Official Date: October 2019
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October 2019Published
19 March 2019Available
24 February 2019Accepted
Volume: 151
Page Range: pp. 167-176
DOI: 10.1016/j.pragma.2019.02.014
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Restricted or Subscription Access
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