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Publication details [#45735]

Ruzickova, Elena. 2007. Strong and mild requestive hints and positive-face redress in Cuban Spanish. Journal of Pragmatics 39 (6) : 1170–1202.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
face maintenance | hinting | language and culture | politeness
Language as a subject
Spanish, Cuban
Place, Publisher
Elsevier
Journal WWW
www.sciencedirect.com/web-editions

Annotation

This paper argues that the specific Cuban cultural facework norms impose a preferential use of polite or mixed hints aimed at positive-face redress.