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Investigating Pragmatic Competence,Metapragmatic Awareness and Speech Act Strategies among Turkmen-Persian Bilingual and Persian Monolingual EFL Learners: A Cross-Cultural Perspective

Authors:	Amir Zand-Moghadam Aylar Adeh

Institution:	1. Department of English Language and Literature, Allameh Tabataba’i University, Tehran, Iranzandmoghadam.amir@gmail.comhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-8555-8481;3. Department of English Language, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iranhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-9551-1193

Abstract:	ABSTRACT This study investigated the effect of bilinguality on pragmatic production and metapragmatic awareness in third language learning. Thus, 59 Turkmen-Persian bilinguals (using Turkmen as their L1 and Persian as their L2) learning English as a third language and 55 Persian monolinguals learning English as their second language were selected and given a WDCT and a metapragmatic awareness questionnaire. The results showed that bilingual EFL learners outperformed monolingual EFL learners in pragmatic production and metapragmatic awareness. The findings also confirm the pragmatic differences among the three languages and the bilinguals’ advantage over monolinguals concerning the appropriate use of speech act strategies.

Keywords:	Monolingualism bilingualism cross-cultural pragmatics metapragmatic awareness speech act strategies