Perceptions of (Im)politeness in Venezuelan Spanish

Impoliteness and mock-impoliteness A descriptive analysis

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Intercultural impoliteness

The paper argues that impoliteness may work differently in intercultural interactions than in L1 communication. Most researchers (cf. Bousfield, 2008; Culpeper, 2009, 2010; Haugh, 2011) analyzing impoliteness within one language seem to agree that no act is inherently impolite, and that such a condition depends on the context or speech situation that affects interpretation. This may not be quit...

A survey of perceptions with pain management in Spanish inpatients.

The aim of this study was to document the satisfaction with pain management in a Spanish inpatient population and its relationship with pain ratings. Two hundred fifty inpatients of four departments were interviewed: Surgery, Orthopedics, Gynecology, and Internal Medicine. A 32-item questionnaire was used, and the main variables evaluated were pain severity, dissatisfaction with pain management...

Prosodic Characteristics Associated with The Clause in Venezuelan Spanish: an Acoustic, Audio-Perceptive Analysis

This study presents a series of analyses related to the prosodic characteristics of clauses in the Mérida dialect of Venezuelan Spanish. We based this study on two analyses: one acoustic and one audio-perceptive. The parameters we analysed were the distribution and nature of pauses, the variations on fundamental frequency at the beginning and at the end of clauses, the different types of accent...