Second Language knowledge of pragmatic meanings: What do learners of Korean know about the Korean pronouns ce and na?

In this study, we examined two related aspects in pragmatic knowledge: namely, knowledge of the contexts which certain linguistic forms are prototypically used (i.e. form-context mappings), and indexical meanings produced when a form is particular context. We employed one-to-one metapragmatic interviews with 30 L1 Korean speakers, 28 L2 learners UK as well eight group 26 learners. The focused on participants’ understanding first-person honorific pronoun ce relation to its non-honorific equivalent na. findings revealed that, while learners’ normally was fairly similar that they associated mappings differed saliently from speakers. addition, struggled align speakers’ meaning interpretations made unsuccessful attempts incorporate them into their existing systems. thus demonstrate represent only one part competence. Future research pedagogical efforts encouraged take consideration underly language usage help make more informed choices.