Pragmatics of Chinese as a Second Language

Contributors



Acknowledgments



Shuai Li: Introduction



Chapter 1. Shuai Li, Ting Wen and Yali Feng: Research on L2 Chinese Pragmatics (1995-2022): A State-of-the-Art Review



Part 1: Acquisition of Key Pragmatic Features



Chapter 2. Wenhao Diao and Chen Chen: 'Softening the Tone?': A Corpus-Based Study of the Utterance-Final Pragmatic Particle BA (?) between L1 and L2 Chinese Speakers



Chapter 3. Li Jin: L2 Chinese Internet Slang Learning: Chinese as a Foreign Language Learners' Knowledge and Motivation



Chapter 4. Mo Chen, Wenxin Zhang, Yazhuo Qiu and Chunyin Li: Effects of Proficiency and Situation Type on the Production of L2 Chinese Request Strategies by Japanese Learners



Part 2: Methodological Innovations for Pragmatics Assessment



Chapter 5. Tianyu (Sophie) Qin: Using a Slide Ruler to Assess Accuracy and Certainty in L2 Chinese Implicature Comprehension



Chapter 6. Qiong Li: An Exploratory Study on a Natural Language Processing Approach to Evaluating L2 Pragmatic Performance



Chapter 7. Shuai Li: Using the Rasch Model to Evaluate Instrument and Data Quality in Assessing Requests in L2 Chinese



Part 3: Individual Difference Factors in Pragmatics Acquisition



Chapter 8. Yunwen Su and Xiao Hu: Proficiency, Motivation and Production of Conventional Expressions in L2 Chinese



Chapter 9. Jia Yang: Learning Strategies for Pragmatic Routines by Learners of L2 Chinese



Part 4: Web-Based Approaches to Teaching and Learning Pragmatics



Chapter 10. Li Yang: Effects of Website-Delivered Instruction on Development of Pragmatic Awareness in L2 Chinese



Chapter 11. Xiaofei Tang: Is a Game More Appealing than an Online Lesson for L2 Pragmatics Learning?



Yali Feng and Shuai Li: Appendix: An Annotated Bibliography of Empirical Studies on L2 Chinese Pragmatics (1995-2022)



Index