Publications
Publication details [#12171]
Achugar, Mariana. 2001. Piropos as metaphors for gender roles in Spanish speaking cultures. Pragmatics 11 (2) : 127–137. 
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Language as a subject
Place, Publisher
International Pragmatics Association
ISBN
1018-2101
Journal DOI
10.1075/prag
Annotation
It is shown that the Spanish discourse tradition PIROPOS reflects very defined places for both sexes in Spanish speaking cultures. Men are constructed as active producers and initiators, women as passive and reactive recipients.