Intrinsic connection between pragmatics and grammar

• Autor: Bachelor, Jeremy W.
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2015
• Institución: Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
• Repositorio: Revistas - Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:revistaspuc:article/14239
• Enlace del recurso: http://revistas.pucp.edu.pe/index.php/educacion/article/view/14239
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: pragmatics; grammar; Spanish as a foreign language; sociolinguistics; education; pragmática; gramática; español como lengua extranjera; sociolingüística; educación; espanhol como língua estrangeira; sociolinguística; educação

Previous studies suggest that grammar is a prerequisite to Language 2 or second/foreign language (L2) pragmatic acquisition, although high grammatical competence does not guarantee high pragmatic competence. This study more extensively examines the correlation between these two competencies. In the year 2013 at a North American university, 29 Spanish students at the intermediate-high level took a grammar test and a pragmatic test. The pragmatic test assessed requests, invitations, refusals, and apologies in Spanish. In comparing the two, the results suggest a positive relationship between pragmatic and grammatical competencies. Therefore, this research supports previous studies showing that the grammatical competence of students of foreign languages is necessary for the development of pragmatic competence; however, it is not sufficient for it in and of itself.