1st Edition
Pragmatics for Language Educators A Sociolinguistic Perspective
Preface
Acknowledgements
List of transcription conventions
I. What is pragmatics?
1. Defining the territory
2. Principles of pragmatic meaning
3. Sociolinguistic theories of pragmatic meaning
II. Core areas of pragmatics
4. Cross-cultural pragmatics
5. Interlanguage pragmatics
6. Politeness
7. Interactional construction of identity
8. Institutional Talk
9. Language, gender, and power
10. Classroom pragmatic development
III. Research in sociopragmatics
11. Guidelines for small sociopragmatics projects
12. Ideas for research projects in socipragmatics
IV. Conclusion
13. Pragmatic competence in our diverse world
Biography
Virginia LoCastro has worked in the United States, Canada, Japan, Slovakia, and Mexico as a teacher and researcher in the fields of sociolinguistics and language education, most recently as Associate Professor of Linguistics and Director of the Academic Spoken English and Academic Written English Programs, University of Florida, and has published widely on ESL/EFL pedagogy and teacher development.
"This useful textbook offers readers a dynamic approach to understanding how people use language in real-life social situations. The author's goal is "to help both novices and experienced researchers ...expand their awareness of the social aspects of language in use" (p. xi)." ― Arnulfo G. Ramirez, The Modern Language Journal
