PragmaticTransferinChineseEFLLearners’RequestsandApologies.pptVIP

Pragmatic Transfer in Chinese EFL Learners’ Requests and Apologies presented by Huang Chunlan (黄春兰) supervised by Prof. Wang Chuming Contents Definition of terminology Rationale Research questions Literature review Methodology Results Discussion Limitations Definition of terminology Semantic formula: a word, phrase, clause, sentence or sequence of sentences that performs a particular semantic function, a combination of which constitutes the speech act in question Pragmalinguistic transfer: the process whereby the illocutionary force or politeness value assigned to particular linguis