Politeness in Brazil and Spain: a comparative case study

The aim of this paper is to present some results of a comparative study between the politeness strategies that two Spanish and two Brazilian professors would use, both in Portuguese and Spanish, in twelve hypothetical situations presented on a social behavior questionnaire. This work is based on a p...

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Main Authors: Enrique Huelva Unterbäumen, Helena Santiago Vigata, Yamilka Rabasa Fernández
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de Brasília 2011-12-01
Series:Horizontes
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Online Access:http://periodicos.unb.br/index.php/horizontesla/article/view/5671