Frontmatter -- Contents -- (Instead of a) Foreword -- Pragmatic competence in Japanese as a second language: An introduction -- From a! to zo: Japanese pragmatics and its contribution to JSL/JFL pedagogy -- Indexing stance in interaction with the Japanese desu/masu and plain forms -- Advanced learners' honorific styles in emails and telephone calls -- Subjectivity and pragmatic choice in L2 Japanese: Emulating and resisting pragmatic norms -- Requesting in Japanese: The effect of instruction on JFL learners' pragmatic competence -- Influence of learning context on L2 pragmatic realization: A comparison between JSL and JFL learners' compliment responses -- Refusals in Japanese telephone conversations -- Comprehending utterances in Japanese as a foreign language: Formulaicity and literality -- Comprehension of indirect opinions and refusals in L2 Japanese -- Blended learning for Japanese reactive tokens: Effects of computer-led, instructor-led, and peerbased instruction -- Development of the use of Japanese sentence-final particles through email correspondence -- Commentary: The social turn in second language acquisition and Japanese pragmatics research: Reflection on ideologies, methodologies and instructional implications -- Backmatter