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Kasper, Gabriele – 1995
A study examined pragmatic routine and indirection as regularly-used strategies for accomplishing linguistic action that, while conventional, can pose problems for non-native speakers. Two kinds of conventionalities are distinguished: conventionality of means (kinds of semantic structure that have acquired a standard illocutionary force, such as,…
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Discourse Analysis, Interlanguage, Language Patterns

Johnston, Bill; Kasper, Gabriele; Ross, Steven – Applied Linguistics, 1998
A study in interlanguage pragmatics investigated the effect of three types of rejoinder (positive, negative, absent) on non-native informants' choices of strategies to perform complaints, requests, and apologies. Results show strategy choice differentially affected by rejoinder type, suggesting that findings from studies using different production…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Data Collection, Interlanguage, Language Patterns