Non-Native Speakers Understanding on Idiomatic Implicatures

Hendi Pratama, Joko Nurkamto, Sri Marmanto, Rustono

2018

Abstract

Idiomatic expressions is treated as lexical components for decades. However, Arseneault (2014a) has argued that idioms shall be investigated via their pragmatic properties. Hence, idioms may be classified as an implicature from the point of view of pragmatics. Her argument has become the basis of our decision that idiomatic implicature is one of the sub-species of conversational implicatures. Conversational implicatures, in general, do not bring problems for native speakers but they become problematic for second language learners. Through this study, we attempt to measure and explain second language learners' comprehension on idiomatic implicatures. The inquiry covers to what extent second language learners comprehend idiomatic implicatures and what strategies are used by the learners to interpret this type of implicatures. To answer those questions, this research involves 110 students answering three questions containing idiomatic implicatures. The findings can help second language instructors to redesign their curriculum regarding idiomatic implicature learning in particular and English pragmatics in general.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Pratama H., Nurkamto J., Marmanto S. and Rustono. (2018). Non-Native Speakers Understanding on Idiomatic Implicatures. In Proceedings of the 1st Bandung English Language Teaching International Conference - Volume 1: BELTIC, ISBN 978-989-758-416-9, pages 318-327. DOI: 10.5220/0008217500002284

in Bibtex Style

@conference{beltic18,
author={Hendi Pratama and Joko Nurkamto and Sri Marmanto and Rustono},
title={Non-Native Speakers Understanding on Idiomatic Implicatures},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 1st Bandung English Language Teaching International Conference - Volume 1: BELTIC,},
year={2018},
pages={318-327},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0008217500002284},
isbn={978-989-758-416-9},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 1st Bandung English Language Teaching International Conference - Volume 1: BELTIC,
TI - Non-Native Speakers Understanding on Idiomatic Implicatures
SN - 978-989-758-416-9
AU - Pratama H.
AU - Nurkamto J.
AU - Marmanto S.
AU - Rustono.
PY - 2018
SP - 318
EP - 327
DO - 10.5220/0008217500002284