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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,...

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...