ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses second language (L2) pragmatic development from the perspective of language socialization. Socialization is a concept originating in anthropology that refers to the process through which a novice acquires ‘knowledge, orientations, and practices’ to ‘participate effectively and appropriately in the social life of a particular community’ (Garrett & Baquedano-Lopez, 2002, p. 339). Language socialization, therefore, is the dual processes of learning to use language to socialize and socializing through language into culturally meaningful ways of thinking, doing, and being (Schieffelin & Ochs, 1986). The focus of language socialization research is how children and other novices learn to use language ‘meaningfully, appropriately, and effectively’ and become members of a particular cultural community (Ochs, 1996, p. 408).
