Using Speech Act and Interaction Theory to Capture Learner Difficulties: An L2 Pragmatic Approach

Subject Areas : Research in English Language Pedagogy

Juliane House ¹ , Dániel Z. Kádár ²

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Received: 2025-05-06 Accepted : 2025-06-21 Published : 2025-05-31

Keywords: Cross-cultural Pragmatics, Foreign Language Learning, Interaction, L2 Pragmatics, Refusal, Speech Act Typology ,

Abstract :

In this academic note, we aim to outline the foundations of a major L2 pragmatic project that we have been engaged in over the past few years. We believe the readers may find our system and its typology relevant to their own research studies. Central categorical parts of the project; that is to say, speech acts and interaction, are introduced in detail. More illustrations are followed using typical Persian examples on how refusal, as a popular category of speech acts in L2 (cross-cultural) pragmatics, can be analysed in our system, keeping in mind the target audience of the present contribution.

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