Journal | Rassegna iberistica
Journal issue | 40 | 108 | 2017
Research Article | ¿How Do You Answer Affirmatively in Spanish and Italian?

¿How Do You Answer Affirmatively in Spanish and Italian?

This article is part of a broader project aiming to describe the pragmatic strategies in Spanish and Italian task-oriented dialogues. Specifically it intends to highlight the different communicative dynamics depending on the use of affirmative responses carried out with the Spanish particles hum, sí, vale, ya, bien, exacto, etc. and Italian markers uhm, sì, okay, perfetto, etc. The method of analysis used has allowed to delineate two ‘stylistic’ tendencies that differ on the characterisation of the speaker’s stance about the interaction: Italian speakers present themselves as guides leading the achievement of the task, Spanish speakers moreover present themselves like autonomous individuals, who need to harmonize this status with the completion of the task required.


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Submitted: Feb. 1, 2017 | Accepted: Oct. 2, 2017 | Published: Dec. 13, 2017 | Language: es

Keywords Contrastive Linguistics Communicative strategies Pragmatics Affirmative responses Discourse markers

Copyright © 2017 Inmaculada Solís García. This is an open-access work distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction is permitted, provided that the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. The license allows for commercial use. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

Permalink http://doi.org/10.14277/2037-6588/Ri-40-108-17-1


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