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Publication details [#60584]
Kecskés, István. 2015. How does pragmatic competence develop in bilinguals? The International Journal of Multilingualism 12 (4) : 419–434. ![DOI logo](https://benjamins.com/logos/doi-logo.svg)
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
Place, Publisher
Routledge
Annotation
There is a fundamental difference between L1 pragmatic competence development and the sequential development of bilingual pragmatic competence. Whilst the former is chiefly controlled by the socio-cultural setting, the latter is largely inspired by individual will, control and preference.