This book adopts a cross-sectional approach and mainly focuses on one of the core pragmatic
constructs formulaic pragmatic routines in addition to components put forward by Roever
(2011) and Taguchi (2013). It actively integrates multidimensional pragmatic
modalities-including both production (initiating and responding) and reception (recognition
comprehension and perception) together with learners' cognitive processes-rather than one or
two types of task modalities. Focusing more on the Chinese EFL context instead of Japanese or
European L1 learners it also takes advantage of an emerging instrument the computer-animated
elicitation task for data collection based on authentic oral responses and to avoid coached
responses. The socio-cognitive approach proposed by the famous linguistic expert Prof. Istvan
Kecskes is subsequently applied to conduct an in-depth analysis of the data. Hence the book
introduces a new and fruitful theoretical perspective to the traditional L2 pragmatic research
field.
