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de Lima Zanella, Marisa – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2017
This paper reports a study on politeness strategies of Brazilian Portuguese speakers and American English speakers regarding their responses to compliments. The aim of this research is to gain an insight into the politeness characteristics of Brazilian Portuguese speakers by analyzing how Brazilian students react when receiving compliments. It…
Descriptors: Portuguese, Contrastive Linguistics, North American English, Language Variation
Vavrus, Frances K. – IDEAL, 1990
The issue of language variation is examined from three perspectives: the political view of nonnative varieties as examples of power; the anthropological view of language as an aspect of culture; and the pedagogical view of English as a static entity across cultures. Studies of teacher-training programs and teacher-trainee attitudes are included.…
Descriptors: Anthropological Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Contrastive Linguistics, Cultural Differences

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