Titlepage -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Context, Individual Differences and Pragmatic Development: An Introduction -- Introduction -- Contributions of this Book -- Context of the Study -- Organization of the Book -- 2 Longitudinal Studies in Interlanguage Pragmatics -- On Issues of Pragmatic Development: A Review of Longitudinal ILP Studies -- Summary of the Study Findings -- Future of Longitudinal Investigation in ILP -- 3 Theoretical Framework, Research Questions and Methodology of the Study -- Theoretical Framework of Communicative Competence -- Research Questions -- Methodology -- 4 Patterns and Rate of Pragmatic Development -- Findings for Pragmatic Comprehension -- Summary and Interpretation of the Findings for Pragmatic Comprehension -- Findings for Pragmatic Production -- Summary and Interpretations of the Findings for Pragmatic Production -- 5 Individual Differences in Pragmatic Development -- Informants and Their Backgrounds -- Case Histories -- 6 Summary and Conclusion -- Implications of the Study Findings for the Construct of Pragmatic Competence and Development -- Implication of the Study Findings for the Second Language Acquisition Process -- Limitations of the Study and Directions for Future Research -- Appendix A: Language Contact Profile (LCP) -- Appendix B: Descriptive Statistics of LCP Results -- Appendix C: Pragmatic Listening Test (PLT) Items -- Appendix D: Pragmatic Speaking Test (PST) Situational Scenarios -- Appendix E: Evaluation of Speech Acts: Grammar Rating Scale -- Appendix F: Evaluation of Speech Acts: Appropriateness Rating Scale -- Appendix G: Grammar Test for Target Pragmalinguistic Features -- Appendix H: Coding Frameworks for Speech Act Expressions -- References -- Index.