This paper explores how second and third generation Cuban Americans from Miami, Florida, use the address pronouns "tú" and "Ud." when formulating speech acts such as requests in Spanish. A qualitative analysis shows that the explicit use of the pronouns when uttering a speech act fulfills a double purpose: 1) to flatter the hearer and express solidarity towards her/him, and 2) to establish distance towards the interlocutor when the speaker is in a position of power. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Published
2010
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