Contextual Variables as Predictors of Verb Form: An Analysis of Gender and Stance in Peninsular Spanish Requests
The current experiment employs a variational pragmatics perspective to explore how the contextual variables of power, distance, and imposition jointly affect social groups’ and individuals’ choice of verb forms in requests in Madrid, Spain. Using a mixed-method approach to explore the requests of 11...
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MDPI AG
2023-08-01
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| Series: | Languages |
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| Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2226-471X/8/3/202 |