The present study examines e-mail requests sent by Greek Cypriot university students (non-
native speakers of English) to faculty at a major, English-medium university in Cyprus, over a …

This study investigates the development of requests from the beginning of foreign language
instruction to advanced levels of proficiency in face-to-face interactions. Data were collected …

This paper examines Greek learners' deviations in the dimensions of internal and external
modification. It investigates the way Greek non-native speakers of English use lexical and …

This paper examines the pragmatic development of nine German university students in a
study abroad context over the period of one academic year. The investigation focuses on …

This paper examines the status-unequal requests of 89 advanced mixed-L1 learners and 87
British English native speakers elicited by a written discourse completion task. Significant …

The aim of the study is to identify and interpret the exact aspects of Greek interlanguage
modification which present deviations from native usage. As such, it is an investigation of …

Interlanguage studies have found learners' use of internal modifiers to develop in terms of
frequency, choice and variety over time spent in the target speech community. Much of this …

This study examines requests in Vietnamese, a much under-researched language, with a
view to expanding the range of languages under inquiry. Open role-plays in six scenarios …

Introduction Calls for research into the acquisition of pragmatic competence in a second
language have been a familiar feature of the interlanguage pragmatic landscape since the …

Several studies have indicated that the range and linguistics expressions of external
modifiers available in one language differ from those available in another language. The …