Chapter 6
Discussion and conclusion
This chapter first provides a summary of the major findings of the present study, which are presented in relation to the research questions. Then the sociocultural factors behind the speech act behavior of the Chinese and Australian participants are described, followed by a discussion of issues in L2 pragmatic development and the pedagogical implications of the study. Next the findings of the study are compared with those of the other relevant studies. This chapter concludes with the limitations of the present study and a number of suggestions for future research.
Article outline
- 6.1Summary of findings
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6.1.1Pragmalinguistic transfer
- 6.1.1.1Requests
- Frequency
- Average number
- Form/content
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6.1.1.2Refusals
- Frequency
- Average number
- Form/content
- 6.1.2Sociopragmatic transfer
- 6.1.2.1Relative power
- 6.1.2.2Size of imposition
- 6.1.3Pragmatic transfer and linguistic proficiency
- 6.1.3.1Pragmalinguistic transfer and linguistic proficiency
- 6.1.3.2Sociopragmatic transfer and linguistic proficiency
- 6.2Universality vs. culture specificity
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6.3
L2 pragmatic development
- Is linguistic proficiency positively or negatively correlated with pragmatic transfer?
- Is learning pragmatic knowledge a minor task?
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Which develops earlier, pragmalinguistic or sociopragmatic competence?
- 6.4Pedagogical implications
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6.5Comparison of findings with other studies
- 6.6Limitations
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6.7Suggestions for future research