“…Moreover, during the last decades there is growing interest on the developmental aspect of L2 learners' pragmatic competence (Bardovi Harlig, 2013;Bella, 2012aBella, , 2014Félix-Brasdefer, 2007;Flores Salgado, 2011;Schauer 2009, among others). Other studies investigate pragmatic awareness (McConachy & Liddicoat, 2016;McConachy, 2019;Pérez-Sabater & Montero-Fleta, 2014), attitudes on pragmatic components (De Pablos-Ortega, 2010; Kerbrat-Orecchioni, 2004;Kinginger & Farrell, 2004), and the interface of the development of grammar and lexicon with pragmatics (Bella, 2012b).…”