Politeness in Spain: Thanks But No ‘Thanks’

Hickey, Leo

doi:10.21832/9781853597398-024

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“…Like in other studies (Félix-Brasdefer 2009;Márquez-Reiter 1997b), most of our informants preferred the hearer-oriented conventionally indirect strategy. In line with Hickey (2005) and Iglesias (2001), we also obtained a considerably high number of direct requests (n = 72), which constitute 34.2% of the corpus of written requests in Canarian Spanish. No other strategies were employed here.…”

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“…Duranti (1992) also argues that respectful terms of address, which are generally seen as a negative politeness strategy, may constitute an imposition, as long as they remind the hearer of the obligations of his/her position. Despite these and other criticisms (Davies et al 2007;Holmes 1995;House 2005;Márquez-Reiter 2008;Meier 1995), Brown and Levinson's model continues to be highly influential, and is still defended and adopted by scholars (Ballesteros 2001;Fernández-Amaya 2009;Hickey 2005;Lorenzo-Dus 2001;Márquez-Reiter 2000) as a valuable paradigm.…”

Section: Approaching Politenessmentioning

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Request patterns by EFL Canarian Spanish students: Contrasting data by languages and research methods

Cruz

2014

Intercultural Pragmatics

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This paper reports on empirical research, the purpose of which is fourfold. Firstly, we provide data regarding the realization patterns of requests made by Canarian Spanish students, both orally and in writing, in their mother tongue, a variety of Spanish. Secondly, since these undergraduates study English as a Foreign Language, we also examine the requests they make as non-native speakers of English. Two different methods were adopted for data elicitation, namely, open tape-recorded role-plays and Discourse Completion Tests (DCTs). Thirdly, we obtained a corpus of natural data through field notes taken from an array of real interactional situations in which different people spontaneously formulated requests. Finally, we try to determine to what extent the results in each phase differ depending on the method and the language used, thus contributing to the debate on the validity of research methods.

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Section: Request Patterns In Written Dcts In Canarian Spanishsupporting

confidence: 86%

Section: Approaching Politenessmentioning

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Request patterns by EFL Canarian Spanish students: Contrasting data by languages and research methods

Cruz

2014

Intercultural Pragmatics

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“…According to Wierzbicka (), members of Anglo‐Saxon cultures generally prefer negative politeness strategies which reflect their values, such as autonomy of the individual and respect towards the right of others to make their own choices. In contrast, the Spanish tend to favour involvement strategies addressed at the positive face of their audience (Vazquez ; Hickey ), which would explain the high incidence of these strategies in the SPENG and SP corpora.…”

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confidence: 93%

“…According to Wierzbicka (1985), members of Anglo-Saxon cultures generally prefer negative politeness strategies which reflect their values, such as autonomy of the individual and respect towards the right of others to make their own choices. In contrast, the Spanish tend to favour involvement strategies addressed at the positive face of their audience (Vazquez 1995;Hickey 2005), which would explain the high incidence of these strategies in the SPENG and SP corpora. Spanish researchers also used inclusive pronouns to persuade readers to adopt particular interpretations and to anticipate possible objections (Kuo 1999;Tang and John 1999;Harwood 2005), thus aiding the author to draw support for their position.…”

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Reader engagement across cultures, languages and contexts of publication in business research articles

Lafuente-Millán

2013

Int J App Linguistics

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Engagement markers are crucial interpersonal tools to interact with readers and draw support for the writer's positions. However, little is known about the effect of the writer's cultural background and language, as well as the context of publication, on the way authors use these strategies. The present study provides a quantitative and contrastive analysis based on a corpus consisting of business management articles written in different cultures and languages (Anglophone/English vs. Spanish) and aimed at different contexts of publication (local vs. international). The results obtained indicate that, although context of publication and national culture are powerful factors regulating the use of these strategies, other aspects such as L1 transfer and L2 proficiency may have some bearing on the use of these resources.

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“…Using field notes taken over a number of years immediately after witnessing or participating in different events of present-giving, Hickey (2005) studied how Peninsular Spanish speakers thank the interlocutor. His findings showed that giving thanks in Spain is expected in situations in which a person receives a present or a favor, but not in situations when these are received from a person doing his/her job.…”

Section: The Study Of Expressions Of Gratitude In Spanishmentioning

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Peruvian Spanish speakers’ cultural preferences in expressing gratitude

García¹

2022

PRAG

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Using Spencer-Oatey’s (2005) rapport-management model to analyze data collected in open role-play interactions in Lima, Perú, this paper expands research on the preferred communicative patterns of Peruvian Spanish speakers when expressing gratitude in a situation exhibiting high social distance (+SD) and no power (-P) difference between interlocutors, and where the benefit received from the interlocutor is considerable. It is argued that although the development of interpersonal communication in social interactions reflects the relationship of each speaker with his/her interlocutor and his/her “own values and personal standards” (Furukawa 2000), it also reflects their cultural preferences to manage interpersonal relationships (Spencer-Oatey 2005).Results show that participants exhibited what apparently is prescribed behavior in this socio-cultural context in the realization of their interactional goals: The creation and enhancement of the relationship using communicative strategies respecting the association and equity principles and enhancing the interlocutor’s identity face. Despite the fact that disrespect to the interlocutor and violations to her autonomy were voiced, it is asserted here, that given this specific context, this might be expected and permitted behavior.

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Politeness in Spain: Thanks But No ‘Thanks’

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Request patterns by EFL Canarian Spanish students: Contrasting data by languages and research methods

Request patterns by EFL Canarian Spanish students: Contrasting data by languages and research methods

Reader engagement across cultures, languages and contexts of publication in business research articles

Peruvian Spanish speakers’ cultural preferences in expressing gratitude

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