Cognition, language contact, and the development of pragmatic comprehension in a study-abroad context

Language Learning

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 33-71

  Taguchi, Naoko ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accuracy and fluency; Conversational implicatures; English as a second language; Interlanguage pragmatics; Language contact; Learning context; Lexical access; Listening; Longitudinal study; Pragmatics; Speech acts; Study abroad

Indexed keywords

EID: 38749094880     PISSN: 00238333     EISSN: 14679922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9922.2007.00434.x     Document Type: Article

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