Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
compliment responses
Spanish translation:
respuestas al cumplido
Added to glossary by
Daniel Greuel
Oct 8, 2007 15:05
16 yrs ago
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English term
United States
Clear, precise, and natural translations
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, Catalan to English
compliment responses
English to Spanish
Social Sciences
Linguistics
pragmatics
The speech act of compliment responses has been selected for two main reasons.
First, a wealth of studies have been conducted on the compliment-compliment
response speech act set (C and CR hereafter) in several varieties of English, as well
as in other languages, and these provide a basis for comparative analysis.
First, a wealth of studies have been conducted on the compliment-compliment
response speech act set (C and CR hereafter) in several varieties of English, as well
as in other languages, and these provide a basis for comparative analysis.
Proposed translations
(Spanish)
| 5 +3 | respuestas al cumplido |
Paula Mahler
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| 4 +1 | respuestas a los cumplidos / a un cumplido |
Erica Scorians
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| 4 | responses to compliments |
Patrick Fischer (X)
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| 4 | respuestas complacientes |
Claudia Reali
|
Proposed translations
+3
28 mins
Paula Mahler
Argentina
Argentina
Native in Spanish
Specializes in field
Argentina
Expertise and reliability since 1987
Native in: Spanish
Works in: French to Spanish, English to Spanish, Spanish
Related KudoZ points
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8
Selected
respuestas al cumplido
El acto de habla es "hacer un cumplido" "contestar el cumplido".
Se trata de un acto de cortesía, muy estudiado por la pragmática.
Se trata de un acto de cortesía, muy estudiado por la pragmática.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "¡muchas gracias!"
13 mins
responses to compliments
Note from asker:
| thanks, but I'm looking for the equivalent in Spanish! |
+1
37 mins
Erica Scorians
Native in Spanish
Fast, reliable and hard-working
Native in: Spanish 
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
respuestas a los cumplidos / a un cumplido
El acto de habla del cumplido está compuesto por el cumplido y la respuesta al cumplido, así como los actos de habla de invitación, saludo, etc.
http://groups.msn.com/DIANAGIOIASuite/psicolingstica.msnw?ac...
El cumplido: acto verbal cortés
...Desde el punto de vista semántico y pragmático, la fuerza ilocutiva del acto verbal del cumplido resulta de la unión de dos valores, y significa una incursión en el territorio de A como amenaza para la imagen negativa de A (FTA)...
http://groups.msn.com/DIANAGIOIASuite/psicolingstica.msnw?ac...
El cumplido: acto verbal cortés
...Desde el punto de vista semántico y pragmático, la fuerza ilocutiva del acto verbal del cumplido resulta de la unión de dos valores, y significa una incursión en el territorio de A como amenaza para la imagen negativa de A (FTA)...
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
MarinaM
: sin el artículo determinante (los) porque no se refiere a cumplidos específicos o ya mencionados
6 hrs
|
41 mins
Claudia Reali
Spain
Spain
Native in Spanish
Spain
Reliable, Creative, Dedicated
Native in: Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, Portuguese to Spanish, and 1 more.
respuestas complacientes
it would be like a postive response. I am not sure it is the appropiate term for the field. Best wishes!
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