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Publication details [#57370]

Ren, Wei. 2013. The effect of study abroad on the pragmatic development of the internal modification of refusals. Pragmatics 23 (4) : 715–741.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

address | modifier | pragmatic competence | refusing | second language acquisition

Language as a subject

English

Place, Publisher

International Pragmatics Association

Journal DOI

10.1075/prag

Annotation

This study reveals a unique effect of a study abroad year on Chinese students’ pragmatic development of individual internal modifiers in their L2 English refusals, as exemplified in their use of ‘address term’ and ‘downtoners’.