Talk: Spanish native speakers' understanding of conversational implicatures in L2 German.

A study on Interlanguage pragmatics

The present study, grounded in Grice’s theory of implicatures, examines how learners of German with Spanish as their first language interpret conversational implicatures in German. Previous research has shown that L2 speakers do not always interpret implicatures in the same way as native speakers, and that factors such as language proficiency and exposure to the target language can influence this interpretation. Most studies in this area have used English as the target language. This study aims to contribute expanding the evidence base by exploring a different language. Participants included 56 native speakers of German and 52 native Spanish speakers with at least a B2 level of German. The Spanish speakers were asked about their level of proficiency in German and the length of the time they had lived in Germany. They completed a 24-item multiple-choice questionnaire containing particularized conversational implicatures in German. Results showed that non-native speakers were less likely than native speakers to accurately interpret the implicatures. Proficiency level had a significant effect on accuracy, while length of residence in Germany did not.

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Day: 2025-05-16
Start time: 14:40
Duration: 00:25
Room: GWZ 4.216
Track: Pragmatics
Language: en

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