J César Félix-Brasdefer
Biographic Data
| ID | 3762284 |
|---|---|
| NAME | J César Félix-Brasdefer |
| GIVEN NAMES | J César |
| FAMILY NAME | Félix-Brasdefer |
| SIGNATURE | FÉLIX-BRASDEFER J C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Indiana University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 70 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Routledge Handbook of Spanish Pragmatics: Foundations and Interfaces
Assessing Second Language Pragmatics
Istvan Kecskes: Intercultural pragmatics
Complimenting in Spanish in a short-term study abroad context
Teaching Pragmatics in the Foreign Language Classroom: Grammar as a Communicative Resource
This article focuses on the teaching of pragmatics in the Spanish as a Foreign Language classroom and examines the role of grammar as a communicative resource. It also aims to highlight the importance of teaching pragmatics from beginning levels of language instruction, with the spotlight on speech acts at the discourse level. After the concept of pragmatic knowledge, as one component of communicative language ability, is reviewed, this article w…
Intra-lingual pragmatic variation in Mexico City and San José, Costa Rica: A focus on regional differences in female requests
Perceptions of Refusals to Invitations: Exploring the Minds of Foreign Language Learners
Descriptions of speech act realisations of native and non-native speakers abound in the cross-cultural and interlanguage pragmatics literature. Yet, what is lacking is an analysis of the cognitive processes involved in the production of speech acts. This study examines the cognitive processes and perceptions of learners of Spanish when refusing invitations from a person of equal and higher status. Twenty male native speakers (NSs) of US English w…
Teaching Pragmatics in the Classroom: Instruction of Mitigation in Spanish as a Foreign Language
Using pedagogical intervention and a pre/posttest, and delayed posttest design, this study examines the effects of explicit instruction on the use of lexical and syntactic mitigators in refusal interactions among intermediate learners of Spanish as a Foreign Language. This quasi-experimental design included two intact classes assigned to two different groups: experimental and control. For both groups, pragmatic development was observed over the c…
Natural speech vs. elicited data: A comparison of natural and role play requests in Mexican Spanish
This study investigates issues of reliability and validity in pragmatics research and examines the extent to which role-play data approximate naturally-occurring discourse with respect to the content and frequency of requests in Mexican Spanish. The data were gathered from naturally-occurring conversations and field notes in a wide array of contexts and included requests from males and females in formal and informal situations. The results of the…
Linguistic politeness in Mexico: Refusal strategies among male speakers of Mexican Spanish
Declining an invitation: A cross-cultural study of pragmatic strategies in American English and Latin American Spanish
Article Declining an invitation: A cross-cultural study of pragmatic strategies in American English and Latin American Spanish was published on October 15, 2003 in the journal Multilingua (volume 22, issue 3)
Linguistic politeness in Mexico: Refusal strategies among male speakers of Mexican Spanish
Complimenting in Spanish in a short-term study abroad context
Declining an invitation: A cross-cultural study of pragmatic strategies in American English and Latin American Spanish
Article Declining an invitation: A cross-cultural study of pragmatic strategies in American English and Latin American Spanish was published on October 15, 2003 in the journal Multilingua (volume 22, issue 3)
Intra-lingual pragmatic variation in Mexico City and San José, Costa Rica: A focus on regional differences in female requests
Teaching Pragmatics in the Classroom: Instruction of Mitigation in Spanish as a Foreign Language
Using pedagogical intervention and a pre/posttest, and delayed posttest design, this study examines the effects of explicit instruction on the use of lexical and syntactic mitigators in refusal interactions among intermediate learners of Spanish as a Foreign Language. This quasi-experimental design included two intact classes assigned to two different groups: experimental and control. For both groups, pragmatic development was observed over the c…
Teaching Pragmatics in the Foreign Language Classroom: Grammar as a Communicative Resource
This article focuses on the teaching of pragmatics in the Spanish as a Foreign Language classroom and examines the role of grammar as a communicative resource. It also aims to highlight the importance of teaching pragmatics from beginning levels of language instruction, with the spotlight on speech acts at the discourse level. After the concept of pragmatic knowledge, as one component of communicative language ability, is reviewed, this article w…
Declining an invitation: A cross-cultural study of pragmatic strategies in American English and Latin American Spanish
Article Declining an invitation: A cross-cultural study of pragmatic strategies in American English and Latin American Spanish was published on October 15, 2003 in the journal Multilingua (volume 22, issue 3)
Linguistic politeness in Mexico: Refusal strategies among male speakers of Mexican Spanish
Natural speech vs. elicited data: A comparison of natural and role play requests in Mexican Spanish
This study investigates issues of reliability and validity in pragmatics research and examines the extent to which role-play data approximate naturally-occurring discourse with respect to the content and frequency of requests in Mexican Spanish. The data were gathered from naturally-occurring conversations and field notes in a wide array of contexts and included requests from males and females in formal and informal situations. The results of the…
Perceptions of Refusals to Invitations: Exploring the Minds of Foreign Language Learners
Descriptions of speech act realisations of native and non-native speakers abound in the cross-cultural and interlanguage pragmatics literature. Yet, what is lacking is an analysis of the cognitive processes involved in the production of speech acts. This study examines the cognitive processes and perceptions of learners of Spanish when refusing invitations from a person of equal and higher status. Twenty male native speakers (NSs) of US English w…
Teaching Pragmatics in the Classroom: Instruction of Mitigation in Spanish as a Foreign Language
Using pedagogical intervention and a pre/posttest, and delayed posttest design, this study examines the effects of explicit instruction on the use of lexical and syntactic mitigators in refusal interactions among intermediate learners of Spanish as a Foreign Language. This quasi-experimental design included two intact classes assigned to two different groups: experimental and control. For both groups, pragmatic development was observed over the c…
Intra-lingual pragmatic variation in Mexico City and San José, Costa Rica: A focus on regional differences in female requests
Teaching Pragmatics in the Foreign Language Classroom: Grammar as a Communicative Resource
This article focuses on the teaching of pragmatics in the Spanish as a Foreign Language classroom and examines the role of grammar as a communicative resource. It also aims to highlight the importance of teaching pragmatics from beginning levels of language instruction, with the spotlight on speech acts at the discourse level. After the concept of pragmatic knowledge, as one component of communicative language ability, is reviewed, this article w…
Complimenting in Spanish in a short-term study abroad context
Assessing Second Language Pragmatics
Istvan Kecskes: Intercultural pragmatics
Routledge Handbook of Spanish Pragmatics: Foundations and Interfaces
Psychology (10 works) · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (9 works) · Linguistics (9 works) · Pragmatics (7 works) · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies (4 works) · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Linguistic Variation and Morphology (3 works)