While pragmatic competence is widely recognized as a fundamental aspect of language learning and also communicative competence, limited research has been conducted to determine whether L2 learners' ab

The gap

Consensus across the literature

Supporting evidence — 3 representative gaps

• Neural mechanisms of attitudinal prosody in a second language: The impact of informal exposure (2026) · doi

  Although this provides a clear test case, attitudinal prosody varies cross- linguistically, and future research should examine additional language combinations to assess generalizability. Future research should examine how different forms of L2 exposure – such as conversational practice, multimodal input, or targeted instruction – shape learners’ https://doi.

  Keywords: future examine provides clear test case attitudinal prosody varies cross linguistically additional language combinations assess
• Exploring demographic influences on L2 learners' comprehension of conversational implicatures (2025) · doi

  While pragmatic competence is widely recognized as a fundamental aspect of language learning and also communicative competence, limited research has been conducted to determine whether L2 learners' ability to comprehend conversational implicatures varies based on demographic factors.

  Keywords: competence pragmatic widely recognized fundamental aspect language learning communicative limited conducted determine whether learners ability
• Multidialectal Practices in L2 Arabic Pragmatics Research: Methodological Implications (2026) · doi

  Research on learning second language (L2) pragmatics has undergone substantial methodological development in recent years (Taguchi & Roever, 2017; Taguchi, 2019), but it remains limited by a lack of attention to a key feature of pragmatic competence: multilingual and multidialectal practices.

  Keywords: taguchi learning second language pragmatics undergone substantial methodological development recent years roever remains limited lack