Resumen

LI, Xinghua. Analysis of Social Variables in the Speech Acts of Petition in Chinese and Spanish. Méx.cuenca pac [online]. 2021, vol.10, n.28, pp.169-190.  Epub 09-Mar-2021. ISSN 2007-5308.  https://doi.org/10.32870/mycp.v10i28.699.

Based on the literary corpus, this study aims to analyze the contrastive aspects of verbal politeness both in Chinese and Spanish and determine whether social variables have influence on the realization of the request in both languages. According 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.

Palabras llave : contrastive pragmatics; intercultural communication; speech acts of request; social variables; verbal courtesy.

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