TY - JOUR
T1 - Through a glass, darkly
T2 - When learner pragmatics is misconstrued
AU - Hassall, Tim
PY - 2004/5
Y1 - 2004/5
N2 - The notion of a second language native-speaker target for learners of pragmatics has been criticised on several counts. However, one problem with this target seems to have escaped notice: when a learner behaves in a native-like way the native speaker might actually misconstrue this behaviour, because he or she views it through a filter of expectations about how the learner will behave. This claim is illustrated with snippets of ethnographic data on one pragmatic problem: avoiding unwelcome questions in Indonesian.
AB - The notion of a second language native-speaker target for learners of pragmatics has been criticised on several counts. However, one problem with this target seems to have escaped notice: when a learner behaves in a native-like way the native speaker might actually misconstrue this behaviour, because he or she views it through a filter of expectations about how the learner will behave. This claim is illustrated with snippets of ethnographic data on one pragmatic problem: avoiding unwelcome questions in Indonesian.
KW - Avoiding questions
KW - Indonesian
KW - Interlanguage pragmatics
KW - Pragmatic expectations
KW - Target norm
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=2342618305&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.pragma.2003.09.001
DO - 10.1016/j.pragma.2003.09.001
M3 - Article
SN - 0378-2166
VL - 36
SP - 997
EP - 1002
JO - Journal of Pragmatics
JF - Journal of Pragmatics
IS - 5
ER -