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Under the influence of identity scholarship in applied linguistics at large, a growing body of research has investigated the relationship between identity and second language (L2) pragmatic use and development. This presentation will begin with a brief overview of how identity and agency have been investigated in L2 pragmatics research. In a multilingual turn in...

Without cultural knowledge, we may not fully understand the meaning of a message in an additional language (L2). Even with perfect grammar, we may unintentionally offend our conversational partner without using the language in a socially acceptable manner. Learners of an L2 need not only the knowledge of grammar and vocabulary but also pragmatic competence,...