A descriptive study on the development of pragmatic competence by Korean learners of English in the speech act of complimenting. This study investigated the role of pragmatic transfer in interlanguage. It focused on non-native speakers' use of pragmatic knowledge in comprehension and... Y Jeon - ...
A descriptive study on the development of pragmatic competence by Korean learners of English in the speech act of complimenting (Doctoral dissertation, Texas A&M University, 1996). UMI, 9701659.A descriptive study on the development of pragmatic competence by Korean learners of English in the ...
The present study examines sociolinguistic features of a particular speech act, paying compliments, by comparing and contrasting native Chinese and native American speakers' performances. By focusing on a relatively understudied speaker group such as the Chinese, typically regarded as having rules of spea...