Approaches to Discourse Particles, a collection of twenty-three papers, each written by a
different author, presents an invaluable contribution to both the narrower field of discourse …

Responding to a compliment poses a dilemma for speakers (Pomerantz, 1978) because
they have to balance two diametrically conflicting conversational principles: to agree with …

This book provides a clear and comprehensive overview of sociolinguistics and the
pragmatics of oral communication in Spanish. It is a thoroughly updated revision of the first …

As an introductory remark, I would like to point out the significance of discourse markers
(henceforth, OMs;" a fuzzy concept" in Jucker and Ziv's words 1998: 2-3) for the study of …

Research on discourse markers (OMs) in various languages faces the following recurrent
analytical problems:• the semantic polyvalence of syntagmas and word forms used in a …

The first substantial textbook on pragmatics to focus on Spanish. The authors discuss key
theories within the Anglo-American tradition of pragmatics, concentrating on the relationship …

Although people in this social network describe relajo (joking or fooling around) as purely for
diversion and fun, a close examination of actual instances of relajo shows it to be more …

Comenta Haverkate (1994) en el prólogo de su obra que «la teoría de la cortesía»(cf.
Goffman, 1961, 1967 y Brown y Levinson,([1978] 1987) da impulso a un área de estudios de …

Annotation. Este estudio investiga la relación entre los marcadores del discurso y la cortesía
verbal, dos categorías de la pragmática muy estudiadas y, sin embargo, todavía de perfil …

Como ha ocurrido en todas las investigaciones teóricas y empíricas sobre la cortesía, el
modelo guía en los estudios hechos en el ámbito del mundo hispánico ha sido el de Brown …