Cross-cultural Pragmatics in Speech Acts Involving Written Requests
Fiona Kwai- Peng Siu
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Cross-cultural Pragmatics in Speech Acts Involving Written Requests

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This study sets out to examine the pragmatic competence of Cantonese adult learners of English possessing different levels of proficiency when performing the speech act of requesting for a formal purpose in writing. Pragmatic judgment - one of the two aspects of pragmatic competence - was examined by studying the most proficient group (i.e., native Cantonese-speaking EFL teachers at university), whereas pragmatic performance - the other aspect of pragmatic competence - was examined by studying the two weaker groups (i.e., university students at two language proficiency levels). Both pragmatic ...