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Publication Date: 1986
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Too Many Words: Length of Utterance and Pragmatic Failure.
Blum-Kulka, Shoshana; Olshtain, Elite
Studies in Second Language Acquisition, v8 n2 p165-79 Jun 1986
Data collected from both native and non-native speakers' linguistic performances in five request and seven apology situations revealed a systematic difference in length of utterance in speech acts by non-native speakers as compared to native speakers. Deviation from native norms of utterance length can cause pragmatic failure in several ways. (Author/LMO)
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Context, Discourse Analysis, English, Error Analysis (Language), Hebrew, Interlanguage, Language Proficiency, Pragmatics, Second Language Learning, Semantics, Speech Acts, Syntax, Uncommonly Taught Languages
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