Strong and mild requestive hints and positive-face redress in Cuban Spanish

Journal of Pragmatics

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1170-1202

  Ruzickova, Elena ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cuban Spanish; Hints; Politeness strategies; Positive face redress; Requests

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247569451     PISSN: 03782166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pragma.2006.06.005     Document Type: Article

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