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Pragmatic Failure in Interpretation and the Development of Students’ Pragmatic Competence in Interpreting

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  • Licheng Lu

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Based on Jenny Thomas’s dichotomous classification of pragmatic failure, this study proposes a new perspective and classifies pragmatic failure in interpretation into three categories- pragma-linguistic failure, socio-pragmatic failure and malaprop-pragmatic failure. Specific examples are given to illustrate the causes and effects of each category of pragmatic failure in interpretation. Meanwhile, this study establishes the “curriculum-textbook-teacher-teaching” scheme to develop students’ pragmatic competence in interpreting with which they are able to avoid pragmatic failure in interpretation.

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  • Licheng Lu, 2019. "Pragmatic Failure in Interpretation and the Development of Students’ Pragmatic Competence in Interpreting," English Language Teaching, Canadian Center of Science and Education, vol. 12(3), pages 1-37, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:ibn:eltjnl:v:12:y:2019:i:3:p:37
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