Publications

Publication details [#56664]

García, Carmen. 2012. Complimenting professional achievement: A case study of Peruvian Spanish speakers. Journal of Politeness Research 8 (2) : 223–244.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

complimenting | face maintenance | group interaction | social relationship | workplace conversation

Language as a subject

Spanish, Peruvian

Place, Publisher

De Gruyter

Journal WWW

www.degruyter.com/journal/key/JPLR/html

Annotation

This paper discusses how Peruvian Spanish speakers, complimenting a co-worker with the apprenticeship of his hard labor, simultaneously manage positive relational aims, uphold the interlocutor's identity and respectability face and strenghten their own face.