Table of Contents:
  • (Instead of a) Foreword / Gabriele Kasper
  • Pragmatic competence in Japanese as a second language. An introduction/ Naoko Taguchi
  • From a! to zo: Japanese pragmatics and its contribution to JSL/JFL pedagogy / Dina R. Yoshimi
  • Indexing stance in interaction with the Japanese desu/masu and plain forms / Kazuto Ishida
  • Advanced learners' honorific styles in emails and telephone calls / Keiko Ikeda
  • Subjectivity and pragmatic choice in L2 Japanese : Emulating and resisting pragmatic norms / Noriko Ishihara and Elaine Tarone
  • Requesting in Japanese : The effect of instruction on JFL learners' pragmatic competence / Yumiko Tateyama
  • Influence of learning context on L2 pragmatic realization : A comparison between JSL and JFL learners' compliment responses / Takafumi Shimizu
  • Refusals in Japanese telephone conversations / Megumi Kawate-Mierzejewska
  • Comprehending utterances in Japanese as a foreign language : Formulaicity and literality / Akiko Hagiwara
  • Comprehension of indirect opinions and refusals in L2 Japanese / Naoko Taguchi
  • Blended learning for Japanese reactive tokens : effects of computer-led, instructor-led, and peer-based instruction / Takafumi Utashiro and Go Kawai
  • Development of the use of Japanese sentence-final particles through email correspondence / Tomomi Kakegawa
  • Commentary. The social turn in second language acquisition and Japanese pragmatics research : reflection on ideologies, methodologies and instructional implications / Junko Mori.