This book investigates the grammar-pragmatics interface in adult refugee-background learners of German, focusing on the acquisition of speech act modifications in requests and complaints. Drawing on an empirical study with Syrian Arabic learners in Germany, it explores how grammatical competence shapes pragmatic development at low proficiency levels. Bridging a gap in L2 pragmatics research, it offers new insights into syntactic downgraders, pragmatic perception, and speech act theory in the context of forced migration.
Christina Rath (Thu,) studied this question.