2.3.1 Interlanguage Pragmatic Study on the Speech Act of Complaints A study was conducted in the States by DeCapua in 1988. The respondents were fifty native speakers of German and fifty American college students. In the discourse completion task‚ German respondents opted for a statement of the problem and a request or demand for repair. Female respondents made normally requests for repairs and used threat for more serious problems. There were also some occasional transformational errors from German
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With the Spanish conquest in Latin America came many accounts from both Spanish and indigenous writers. These primary sources are not only useful because of their content‚ but also because of their omissions. That is to say that the discrepancies found among writers of different class‚ race‚ or political position‚ are expressive of their individual biases. Analyzing what these variations are and why they exist allows for a deeper understanding of the history of this colonial period. Especially in
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"Prior to the Spanish colonization of the Philippines in 1565‚ there are no written records of the islands that make up the modern day Philippines."3 In the year 1565‚ Miguel López de Legazpi‚ the Conquistador travelled from Spain and founded the first Spanish settlement in the country‚ firstly on the island of Cebú. They occupied the kingdoms of Tondo and Manila‚ establishing it as the capital of the Spanish East Indies. "The Philippines were originally named after King Philip II of Spain- Las Islas
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be focusing on the Spanish language because it is the language I grew up speaking.
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Their differences from each other are responsible for the life that we live in this Earth. Knowing about the sun and moon we can relate their relationship to the Spanish and the Aztec. The Aztec hold the position of the sun. When they first settled on the swampy island called Tenochtitlan‚ it became
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A student passes two years of Spanish to graduate as it is required. The student’s family is going on vacation to Mexico. The student decides it would be fun to use his knowledge of Spanish. As the student lands in Mexico‚ he is greeted by‚ “¡Hola‚ me llamo es Jacob! ¿Como estuvo tu viaje?” But as the student tries to make out what he says‚ he pulls out an English to Spanish book instead. Students learn Spanish because it is required to graduate‚ but they never become fluent at it even in situations
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Spanish Settlement In 1492 Columbus landed on Hispaniola‚ territory that belongs to the Caribbean Islands. The discovery of a new continent aroused curiosity among European nations. As a result‚ many of them traveled to explore the New World in search of resources. These explorations led to the colonization of America‚ which began one year after the discovery of Hispaniola. By 1502‚ the Spanish explorer Nicolas de Ovando established a base in Hispaniola. This represented the beginning of the Spanish
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Hitler’s intervention in Spanish conflict Jacob Q World War Two had a long and complex build-up towards the inevitable conflict of an all out War. Many of huge international changes were occurring in the years building up to the start of World War Two. The one we shall be focusing on today is the Spanish Civil War. It is a significant event even though Spain never officially entered the Second World War because Germany one of the major Axis powers intervened in it welts most other countries
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World‚ the Spanish empire had gained almost complete control of Central America and the majority of South America. Furthermore‚ the Spanish controlled large portions of southern Europe‚ including much of Italy‚ Austria‚ and the Netherlands. The success of the Spanish empire began its gradual decline in the seventeenth century. Many factors contributed to the ultimate demise of the Spanish empire‚ but the main cause of the fall of the empire was Spain’s poor economic decisions. The Spanish government
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Council‚ Bangunan Mentari‚ Ampang Jaya‚ 68000 SELANGOR. 15 SEPTEMBER 2009 Dear Sir‚ Poor Maintenance of Taman Jayadiri I am writing this letter on behalf of the residents of Taman Jayadiri to complain about the dismal conditions we have been putting up with for the past three months. 2. One of the main grouses of the residents concerns uncollected rubbish (point 1). Initially‚ rubbish was
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