Publications

Publication details [#60584]

Kecskés, István. 2015. How does pragmatic competence develop in bilinguals? The International Journal of Multilingualism 12 (4) : 419–434.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

bilingualism | formality, comprehension of | L2-acquisition | pragmatic competence | socialization

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.