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Publication details [#8021]

Rintell, Ellen M. 1981. Sociolinguistic variation and pragmatic ability: A look at learners. International Journal of the Sociology of Language 27 : 11–34.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
age | interlocutor role | politeness, L2-acquisition of | requesting, L2-acquisition of | sex | suggesting2, L2-acquisition of | variability in L2-acquisition
Language as a subject
English, L2-acquisition of
Journal WWW
www.degruyter.com/journal/key/IJSL/html

Annotation

R. examines the ways in which Spanish speaking adults, learning English, perform two speech acts, request and suggestion, with particular attention to the way their language is sensitive to aspects of the relationship between speaker and hearer. Specifically, she looks at the variation of the level of deference conveyed by these speakers as a function of the age and sex of the addressee.