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Pragmatic Acquisition

Pragmatic Acquisition is the developmental process by which language learners acquire the ability to use linguistic forms appropriately in social contexts, distinguished from other aspects of language acquisition by its focus on sociolinguistic competence and communicative effectiveness rather than syntactic or lexical knowledge alone.

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26.7K

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483

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264

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2017–2026

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394

Research Methods in Interlanguage Pragmatics

Gabriele Kasper, Merete Dahl · Studies in Second Language Acquisition · 1991 · 660 citations

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Children's Knowledge of Locality Conditions in Binding as Evidence for the Modularity of Syntax and Pragmatics

Yu-Chin Chien, Kenneth Wexler · Language Acquisition · 1990 · 599 citations

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Do Language Learners Recognize Pragmatic Violations? Pragmatic versus Grammatical Awareness in Instructed L2 Learning

Kathleen Bardovi‐Harlig, Zoltán Dörnyei, Zoltán Dörnyei · TESOL Quarterly · 1998 · 573 citations

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The social bases of language acquisition

Michael Tomasello · Social Development · 1992 · 564 citations

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Developmental Issues in Interlanguage Pragmatics

Gabriele Kasper, Richard Schmidt · Studies in Second Language Acquisition · 1996 · 558 citations

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Authors

483

  1. KB
    Kathleen Bardovi‐Harlig

    Indiana University, United States

    15 publications · 2.7K citations

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  2. GK
    Gabriele Kasper

    University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, United States

    12 publications · 2.2K citations

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  3. NT
    Naoko Taguchi

    Carnegie Mellon University, United States

    11 publications · 1K citations

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  4. WR
    Wei Ren

    Beihang University, China

    7 publications · 486 citations

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  5. ZR
    Zohreh R. Eslami

    Texas A&M University, United States

    6 publications · 93 citations

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Institutions

264

  1. Carnegie Mellon University

    Pittsburgh, United States

    12 h-index

    17 publications

    1.1K citations

  2. Indiana University

    Bloomington, United States

    11 h-index

    15 publications

    2.9K citations

  3. Universitat Jaume I

    Castellon, Spain

    10 h-index

    14 publications

    804 citations

  4. University of Maryland, College Park

    College Park, United States

    8 h-index

    15 publications

    1.1K citations

  5. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    8 h-index

    11 publications

    734 citations

  6. Texas A&M University

    College Station, United States

    7 h-index

    15 publications

    273 citations

  7. University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

    Honolulu, United States

    7 h-index

    9 publications

    2.3K citations

  8. University of Isfahan

    Isfahan, Iran

    5 h-index

    14 publications

    244 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Pragmatics

    28 publications · 1.7K citations

    23

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  2. System

    15 publications · 1.1K citations

    15

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  3. Studies in Second Language Acquisition

    SSLA · 15 publications · 2.7K citations

    15

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  4. Journal of Child Language

    14 publications · 862 citations

    14

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  5. Language Learning

    15 publications · 1.9K citations

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