The Routledge Handbook of Second Language Acquisition and Pragmatics is a comprehensive critical survey of the field of L2 pragmatics, collecting a number of chapters that highlight the key theories, methods, pedagogies, and research findings throughout its development over the last four decades. Demonstrating the ways in which pragmatics has long served as a lens through which to examine patterns of L2 development, the volume is divided into six parts which reflect the field’s structure and evolution: • Constructs and units of analysis • Theoretical approaches • Methodological approaches • Pedagogical approaches • Contexts and individual considerations • L2 pragmatics in the global era The handbook has a particular focus on covering not only traditional topics in the field, such as constructs of pragmatic competence (e.g., speech acts, implicature), teaching and assessment, and pragmatics learning in a study abroad program, but also emerging areas of study, including interactional pragmatics, intercultural pragmatics, usage-based approaches, corpus linguistics, and psycholinguistic experimentation. Each chapter introduces the topic and follows with a description of its theoretical underpinnings, an overview of existing literature, appraisal of current practice, concluding with a discussion of future directions for research and key readings. The Routledge Handbook of Second Language Acquisition and Pragmatics is an essential resource for those with an interest in second language acquisition, pragmatics, and language teaching.

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The Routledge Handbook of SLA and Pragmatics Editor: Naoko Taguchi Table of Content Chapter 1 SLA and pragmatics: An overview Naoko Taguchi SECTION 1: CONSTRUCTS AND UNITS OF ANALYSIS Chapter 2 Speech acts in interaction: Negotiating joint action in a second language J. César Félix-Brasdefer Chapter 3 Iimplicature comprehension in L2 pragmatics research Naoko Taguchi & Shota Yamaguchi Chapter 4 Routines in L2 pragmatics research Kathleen Bardovi-Harlig Chapter 5 Humor in L2 pragmatics research Nancy Bell & Anne Pomerantz Chapter 6 Prosody in L2 pragmatics research Okim Kang & Alyssa Kermad Chapter 7 Interactional competence and L2 pragmatics Richard F. Young SECTION 2: THEORETICAL APPROACHES Chapter 8 Cognitive approaches in L2 pragmatics research Shuai Li Chapter 9 Language socialization and L2 pragmatics Wenhao Diao and Joy Maa Chapter 10 Vygotskian cultural-historical psychology in L2 pragmatics Rémi A. van Compernolle Chapter 11 Identity and agency in L2 pragmatics Noriko Ishihara Chapter 12 Interactional usage-based L2 pragmatics: From form-meaning pairings to construction-action relations Søren Wind Eskildsen & Gabriele Kasper SECTION 3: METHODOLOGICAL APPROACHES Chapter 13 Data collection methods in L2 pragmatics research: An overview Thi Thuy Minh Nguyen Chapter 14 Mixed methods in L2 pragmatics research Steven J. Ross & Yoon Jee Hong Chapter 15 Conversation analysis in L2 pragmatics research Junko Mori & Hanh thi Nguyen Chapter 16 Corpus linguistics approach to L2 pragmatics research Shelley Staples and Julieta Fernández Chapter 17 Systemic functional linguistics and L2 pragmatics Marianna Ryshina-Pankova Chapter 18 Psycholinguistic approaches to L2 pragmatics research Thomas Holtgraves, Gyeongnam Kwon, and Tania Morales Zelaya SECTION 4: PEDAGOGICAL APPROACHES Chapter 19 A meta-analysis of L2 pragmatics instruction Luke Plonsky & Jingyuan Zhuang Chapter 20 Assessment in L2 pragmatics Soo Jung Youn & Valeria Bogorevich Chapter 21 Instructional material development in L2 pragmatics Donna Tatsuki, Chapter 22 Task-Based Language Teaching and L2 Pragmatics Marta González-Lloret SECTION 5: CONTEXTUAL AND INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATIONS Chapter 23 L2 pragmatic development in study abroad settings Carmen Pérez-Vidal & Rachel Shively Chapter 24 L2 pragmatics learning in computer-mediated communication D. Joseph Cunningham Chapter 25 Pragmatics learning in digital games and virtual environments Julie M. Sykes & Sebastien Dubreil Chapter 26 Pragmatics in a language classroom Yumiko Tateyama Chapter 27 Pragmatics learning in the workplace Veronika Timpe-Laughlin Chapter 28 Individual learner considerations in SLA and L2 pragmatics Satomi Takahashi SECTION 6: L2 PRAGMATICS IN THE GLOBAL ERA Chapter 29 Norms and variation in L2 pragmatics Anne Barron Chapter 30 Heritage learner pragmatics Yang Xiao-Desai Chapter 31 Intercultural competence and L2 pragmatics Jane Jackson Chapter 32 Multilingual pragmatics: Implicature comprehension in adult L2 learners and multilingual children Kyriakos Antoniou