Introduction to a thematic review: Pragmatics research in Chinese as a second language

Chinese as a Second Language Research Pub Date : 2017-06-27 DOI:10.1515/caslar-2017-0001

Naoko Taguchi, Shuai Li

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Abstract

Abstract As Chinese is quickly becoming the language for intercultural communication, rules and norms of interaction in Chinese – how to speak with the level of politeness and formality required in a situation, or to understand another person’s intention communicated indirectly – are critical aspects of learning Chinese. Despite this growing interest in Chinese teaching and research, most studies have focused on formal aspects of Chinese competence (e.g., grammar and character knowledge), and little research has addressed pragmatic aspects of Chinese learning (Taguchi, 2015). To fill this gap, this thematic review presents four empirical studies on pragmatics in Chinese as a second language. Four studies deal with a variety of pragmatic features in Chinese (e.g., sentence final particles, formulaic expressions, request-making forms, mitigation strategies, stance markers) to illustrate how those features can inform us about L2 Chinese learners’ pragmatic competence and development.

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专题综述导论:汉语作为第二语言的语用学研究

摘要随着汉语迅速成为跨文化交际的语言，汉语的互动规则和规范——如何在一种情况下以所需的礼貌和正式程度说话，或者理解他人间接传达的意图——是学习汉语的关键方面。尽管人们对汉语教学和研究的兴趣越来越大，但大多数研究都集中在汉语能力的形式方面（如语法和文字知识），很少有研究涉及汉语学习的语用方面（Taguchi，2015）。为了填补这一空白，本专题综述提出了四项关于汉语第二语言语用学的实证研究。四项研究涉及汉语的各种语用特征（如句尾助词、公式化表达、请求形式、缓解策略、立场标记），以说明这些特征如何影响二语汉语学习者的语用能力和发展。

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Chinese as a Second Language Research Arts and Humanities-Language and Linguistics

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期刊介绍： Chinese as a Second Language Research (CASLAR) focuses on research on the acquisition, development, and use of Chinese as a Second Language. It supports scholars and researchers from different linguistic fields, and serves as a forum to discuss, investigate, and better understand Chinese as a Second Language. Each issue (2 per year) of the journal publishes three papers in Chinese and three papers in English; summaries are always provided both in Chinese and English. We are especially interested in publishing articles and research papers that investigate how empirical findings of CSL research can advance and develop better Chinese language teaching methodologies, explore the implications of CSL research for theoretical developments and practical applications, focus on the acquisition and use of varieties of CSL, study the nature of interaction between native speakers and non-native speakers of Chinese, address major issues of second language acquisition from the perspective of CSL, analyze the ways in which language is both shaped by culture and is the medium through which culture is created.