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Domestic Violence and Social Responsibility in Contemporary Spanish Cinema: A Portfolio View of Behavioral Dynamics
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Zanzana, Habib – Hispania, 2010
Domestic abuse continues to claim many lives in Spain despite a series of new laws to protect women and to punish abusers. This essay explores the cultural influences of contemporary Spanish cinema on domestic violence. Four films are assessed against a Portfolio Model of social responsibility that uses two basic dimensions: realism and human…
Descriptors: Realism, Family Violence, Females, Foreign Countries
Impositive Speech Acts in Northern Andean Spanish: A Pragmatic Description.
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Bustamante-Lopez, Isabel; Nina-Murcia, Mercedes – Hispania, 1995
Northern Andean Spanish (NAS) possesses a complex system of structures used in impositive speech. NAS speakers choose from several grammatical possibilities when asking their interlocutor to act. This article summarizes the grammatical possibilities and explains how the different forms are used to indicate different levels of politeness. (15…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Foreign Countries, Language Styles, Language Variation
Why Johnny Can't Acquire Spanish.
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Goldin, Mark G. – Hispania, 1987
Considers several factors that combine to hinder a learner in the task of second language acquisition, including barriers related to culture and society and the classroom environment. Appropriate teaching strategies for Spanish classes and research opportunities are also discussed. (CB)
Descriptors: Anxiety, Classroom Environment, Cultural Differences, Language Research