Analysis of Social Variables in the Speech Acts of Petition in Chinese and Spanish

Authors

  • Xinghua Li Universidad de Nankai

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.32870/mycp.v10i28.699

Keywords:

contrastive pragmatics, intercultural communication, speech acts of request, social variables, verbal courtesy

Abstract

Based on the literary corpus, this study aims to analyze the contrastive aspects of verbal polite-ness both in Chinese and Spanish and determine whether social variables have influence on the realization of the request in both languages. Accor-ding to the analysis, we have achieved the following results: 1) Given the strategies of the head act, no matter the social variables or the situations, in both languages present directness and the preference of using direct strategies in carrying out the request 2) In Chinese, despite the variation of the combination of social variables, the use of internal and external modifications is habitual; however, a reduced use has presented in English 3) Compared with Spanish, openers are more frequently used in Chinese.

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2020-12-18 — Updated on 2021-08-13

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Vol. 10 No. 28 (2021): January-April

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