I-XXVIII -- Part I -- A Pragmatic Perspective -- 1 Linguistic pragmatics -- 2 The pragmatic scope -- A Psycholinguistic Perspective -- 3 Second language acquisition -- 4 Recent approaches to second language acquisition -- An Empirical Perspective -- 5 Classroom interaction -- 6 Experimental design -- Part II -- An Empirical Approach I -- 7 Discourse strategies in interactions between non-native and native speakers of English -- 8 The communicative act of requesting -- 9 Request strategies in non-native and native speakers of English -- 10 Modificational patterns -- 11 Summary and discussion -- Part III -- An Empirical Approach II -- 12 The communicative act of complaining -- 13 Complaint strategies in non-native and native speakers of English -- 14 The communicative act of apologizing -- 15 Apology strategies in non-native and native speakers of English -- 16 Concluding the findings -- Part IV -- A Pedagogical Approach -- 17 Communicative foreign language teaching -- 18 Recent approaches to communicative foreign language teaching -- 19 The teaching of communicative functions -- Notes -- References -- Appendix -- Index