Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- 1 Introduction -- 2 A Review of the Literature -- 2.0 Introduction -- 2.1 Theoretical Background: Pragmatics -- 2.2 Interlanguage Pragmatics: Pragmatic Awareness -- 2.3 Request Studies -- 2.4 Studies Examining the Development of L2 Learners' Pragmatic Awareness -- 2.5 Interlanguage Pragmatic Development: Production -- 3 Data Collection Techniques in Interlanguage Pragmatics -- 3.0 Introduction -- 3.1 Data Elicitation Techniques in Awareness Studies -- 3.2 Data Collection Methods in Production Studies -- 3.3 Summary -- 4 Methodology -- 4.0 Introduction -- 4.1 Participants -- 4.2 Instrument -- 4.3 Procedure -- 4.4 Data Analysis -- 5 Development of Pragmatic Awareness -- 5.0 Introduction -- 5.1 Error Recognition -- 5.2 Error Ratings -- 5.3 Participants' Awareness of Own Rating Behaviour -- 5.4 SA Learners' Awareness of Their Own Pragmatic Development -- 5.5 Summary -- 6 Development of Pragmatic Production: Request Strategies -- 6.0 Introduction -- 6.1 First Occurrence of Request Strategies -- 6.2 Comparison of Groups' Use of Request Strategies -- 6.3 Direct Strategies -- 6.4 Conventionally Indirect Requests -- 6.5 Non-conventionally Indirect Strategies -- 6.6 Summary -- 7 Development of Pragmatic Production: Internal Request Modifi cation -- 7.0 Introduction -- 7.1 First Occurrence of Internal Downgraders in the SA Learners' Data -- 7.2 Comparison of Groups' Use of Downgraders -- 7.3 Comparison of Groups' Use of Downgraders According to Contextual Variables -- 7.4 First Occurrence of Upgraders in SA Learners' Data -- 7.5 Comparison of Groups' Use of Upgraders -- 7.6 Comparison of Groups' Use of Upgraders According to Contextual Variables -- 7.7 Summary -- 8 Development of Pragmatic Production: External Request Modification -- 8.0 Introduction.

8.1 First Occurrence of External Modifiers in the SA Learners' Data -- 8.2 Comparison of Groups' Use of External Modifiers -- 8.3 Comparison of Groups' Use of External Modifiers According to Contextual Variables -- 8.4 Summary -- 9 Summary and Conclusion -- 9.0 Introduction -- 9.1 Summary of Findings -- 9.2 Limitations -- 9.3 Implications -- Appendices -- Appendix A: Awareness Study Questionnaires -- Appendix B: MET Scenarios -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.