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July 28, 2026Cogent EducationOpen Access

Pragmatic failures in L2 English learners: a cross-cultural mixed-methods study of implicature and presupposition

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NENigora Ergasheva

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Overview

Mixed-methods study finds cultural norms and L1 transfer affect L2 English learners' pragmatic accuracy.

Key Points

  • The study aims to investigate pragmatic failures in L2 English learners, focusing on implicature and presupposition in cross-cultural contexts.
  • Mixed-methods design involving quantitative and qualitative analyses.
  • 120 Arabic- and Japanese-speaking learners completed Discourse Completion Tasks, questionnaires, and interviews.
  • Analysis of the influence of cultural norms and affective variables on pragmatic communication.
  • Quantitative data shows implicature processing is more challenging than presupposition.
  • Cultural norms and L1 transfer lead to distinct pragmalinguistic and sociopragmatic failures between groups.
  • Affective factors like anxiety and confidence significantly impact pragmatic accuracy.

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Nigora Ergasheva (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a6850eb2845b684d16efffahttps://doi.org/10.1080/2331186x.2026.2703884
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