L2 pragmatic development in study abroad: A longitudinal study of Spanish service encounters

Journal of Pragmatics

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1818-1835

  Shively, Rachel L ^a  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Pragmatic development; Requests; Second language acquisition; Service encounters; Spanish; Study abroad

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952006858     PISSN: 03782166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pragma.2010.10.030     Document Type: Article

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