Carmen García

García, Carmen 2016 Peruvian Spanish speakers’ cultural preferences in expressing gratitude Pragmatics 26:1, pp. 21–49 | Article

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… read more

García, Carmen 2009 ¿qué::? ¿cómo que te vas a casar? congratulations and rapport management: A case study of Peruvian Spanish speakers Pragmatics 19:2, pp. 197–222 | Article

Using Spencer-Oatey’s (2005) rapport management theoretical framework, this article examines Peruvian Spanish-speakers’ behavioral expectations, types of face respected/threatened and interactional wants when congratulating. Analysis shows that participants’ interactional wants were mainly… read more

García, Carmen 2008 Different realizations of solidarity politeness: Comparing Venezuelan and Argentinean invitations Variational Pragmatics: A focus on regional varieties in pluricentric languages, Schneider, Klaus P. and Anne Barron (eds.), pp. 269–305 | Article

García, Carmen 2004 11. Coercion and cooperation: A case study of Argentinean reprimands and responses to reprimands Current Trends in the Pragmatics of Spanish, Márquez Reiter, Rosina and María Elena Placencia (eds.), pp. 231 ff. | Chapter

García, Carmen 2004 Reprendiendo y respondiendo a una reprimenda: Similitudes y diferencias entre peruanos y venezolanos Spanish in Context 1:1, pp. 113–147 | Article

Este trabajo presenta una comparación y contraste de las estrategias de cortesía usadas por peruanos y venezolanos en la realización de un evento del habla: la reprimenda y la respuesta a la reprimenda. Los resultados demuestran que al reprender, tanto peruanos como venezolanos prefieren el uso de… read more

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