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A cross-cultural comparison of complaints [PDF]

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Complaining is a universal language act present in most languages. However, its universality does not mean equal linguistic expression nor structure. Hence, this research analyses the speech act of complaining in American English and Macedonian. The participants are university students divided in two sample groups. One group involves native speakers of
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Language, Figurative Thought, and Cross-Cultural Comparison

Metaphor and Symbol, 2003
Commentary is provided on essays in a special issue of Metaphor and Symbol titled "Cross-Cultural Differences in Conceptual Metaphor: Applied Linguistics Perspectives." The 10 components of metaphor envisioned in conceptual metaphor theory are explicated, & two issues raised by authors are highlighted.
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The French: A Cross-cultural Comparison

1983
If the average Englishman walks around with a mental picture of himself playing cricket in the middle of an island, then the French equivalent will be of himself eating in the upper part of a regular six-sided figure, a hexagon. The grain of truth involved in such a picture is as awkward to define or refine as is the irritation we feel when faced with ...
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Cross-cultural comparison on ESCQ

2008
The Emotional Skills and Competences Questionnaire was developed in Croatian settings, and then translated to Slovene, Spanish, Swedish, Finnish, Portuguese and Japanese. The scale is a measure of trait emotional intelligence and includes three subscales.
Vladimir Taksic   +8 more
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Women in Psychotherapy: a Cross-Cultural Comparison

International Journal of Social Psychiatry, 1969
D H, Stoker, L A, Zurcher, W, Fox
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