Studies of negative pragmatic transfer in interlanguage pragmatics

1.Negative pragmatic transfer and its role in interlanguage pragmaticsInterlanguage pragmatics ( IL P) is a new branch of pragmatics. Itis a pragmatic perspective intothe learner‘s language. As such,it specifically tackles how learners comprehend and produce utter-ances in a target language ( TL) .L earners always use their previous knowledge,experience,skill,etc. in learning to understandand produce meanings in a new situation and with the target language they have learned. Technically,this is referred to ...

Studies of negative pragmatic transfer in interlanguage pragmatics

Negative pragmatic transfer (NPT) is nothing but a difference of saying things between non native speakers and native speakers. It occupies an important position in interlanguage pragmatics whose mission is to scrutinize how non native speakers do things with words with L2. This paper reported that 4 NPT related aspects have been heavily documented in the current literature: 1) L1 negative pragmatic transfers at the speech act level; 2) the distinction between negative pragmalinguistic and sociopragmatic transfers; 3) conditions of negative pragmatic transfers; and 4) native speaker's attitudes towards L1 negative pragmatic transfers. Consequently, issues for future studies are also raised.