In recent years, there has been increased interest in examining and explaining the differential difficulty of acquisition of language modules, interfaces, operations, and constructions (Lardiere 2005, 2008; Slabakova 2006, 2008; White, 2003). For example, a recent GASLA plenary, Lardiere 2005, argued that morphological competence should be accorded a special status and highlighted its differenc...

Pragmatics and Systemic -functional Grammar (SFG) used to ignore each other and lack in communication, however, in certain aspects they are indeed in a position to complement each other. This paper mainly discusses on one hand the bases for the complementary relation between pragmatics and systemic -functional grammar (CR-P&SFG), on the other hand the main aspects concerning the CR-P&SFG. Pragm...

The current era of globalization and emergence English as an international language (EIL) has brought about new opportunities for L2 pragmatic learning teaching. common view approximation to native-likeness is changing towards conceiving ability a tool interact with people different cultural linguistic backgrounds, the majority whom are non-native speakers (NNSs) English. While such reality wid...

Pragmatic competence is an indispensable component of communicative competence, which plays essential role in human communication. When individual communicatively competent, he/she can carry out effective conversation social situations. Therefore, pragmatic establishes a compelling factor English language learning as it permits second/foreign learners to successful conversations real-life inter...

Cognitive pragmatics is concerned with the mental processes involved in intentional communication. I discuss a few issues that may help clarify the relationship between this area and the broader cognitive science and the contribution that they give, or might give, to each other. Rather than dwelling on the many technicalities of the various theories of communication that have been advanced, I f...

Applied linguistics is defined as a discipline that uses a variety of methods to address language-based problems, one of which is that of language teaching and learning. Based on this definition, the article will define and tackle the problem of teaching EFL writing in Vietnam which has, for a long time, been considered a challenge for language teachers. Specifically, this article will explore ...

With an eye to increased efficiency, agent communication language (ACL) designers have heeded the analogy with natural language and introduced elements from natural language pragmatics (NLP) into their designs. However, ACL pragmatics has not availed itself of NLP advances to the extent that it could. While a few aspects of pragmatics are incorporated, most notably speech acts, their inclusion ...

Competence in the phonetic and linguistic analysis of normal and disordered spoken language is a basic requirement for all students and practitioners of speech and language therapy. This paper presents a learning package specifically designed for individuals who need to acquire or update practical skills and theoretical knowledge in clinical linguistic analysis. VISUAL-CLIP (VIdeo SUpported Act...

Abstract Psycholinguistic research on pragmatics in the neurotypical population has increasingly framed pragmatic competence and related cognitive skills terms of individual differences, co-constructed discourse, meaning negotiation. However, Autism Spectrum risen from a wide biased view autistic communication as fundamentally compromised abilities impaired. Mostly due to impactful theory defic...