Abstract

LI, Xinghua. Contrastive aspects of verbal courtesy and the use of treatment formulas in Chinese and Spanish-speaking culture. Méx.cuenca pac [online]. 2022, vol.11, n.31, pp.139-159.  Epub Mar 07, 2022. ISSN 2007-5308.  https://doi.org/10.32870/mycp.v11i31.763.

Based on a literary corpus, the objective of this work is to analyze the contrastive aspects of verbal courtesy and the use of treatment formulas in Chinese and Spanish culture. According to the analyzes based on the theories about verbal courtesy, we have achieved the following results: 1. The courtesy of Chinese culture confers a capital importance to collectivist values, however, the Spanish culture gives more importance to individual desires and needs; 2. Chinese people resort more frequently to treatment formulas in verbal communication than Spanish speakers, since in Chinese culture these are considered as a rule of verbal courtesy; 3. In Chinese there are more varieties of treatment formulas, so their use is more complex, in Spanish, however, it is homogeneous.

Keywords : Spanish; Chinese; courtesy; treatment formulas; intercultural communication.

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