Cuesta, Ana Ramajo

Thumbnail Image
Name
Cuesta, Ana Ramajo
Last Name
Cuesta
First Name
Ana Ramajo
Main Affiliation
Email
info@sorbonne.ae
Scopus Author ID
57195718560
Status
No Longer Affiliated

Filters

2
3
Reset filters

Settings

Now showing 1 - 3 of 3
  • Publication
    Compliment responses in Peninsular Spanish. Exploratory and contrastive study conducted on women from Madrid, Valencia, Catalonia, Andalusia and Castile-Leon
    (2015)
    Cuesta, Ana Ramajo 
    ;
    Lázaro Ruiz, Hugo
    The aim of the present paper is to examine the influence of the " origin " variable when responding to compliments on physical appearance and belongings in Spain. Participants of the research are female native speakers of Spanish from five Autonomous Communities. Data was gathered by using secret recordings. Results of the research showed that mitigating was the most common compliment response used by women. Despite cultural differences between the Autonomous Communities, no statistically significant results were found.
      67  85
  • Publication
    Transfer of Arabic formulaic courtesy expressions used by advanced Arab learners of Spanish
    (2015)
    Cuesta, Ana Ramajo 
    ;
    Ainciburu, María Cecilia
    In Spain and Arab countries, the way of celebrating feasts and occasions is gathering with family and enjoying a meal together. In this communicative situation, compliments on the delicious food prepared will take place. The purpose of the study is analyzing compliment/compliment responses used by advanced Arab learners of Spanish (C1) with an advanced knowledge of English and French (C1 level). In order to compare this speech act with the native production, the researchers considered three groups of participants: native speakers of Spanish, native speakers of Arabic and Lebanese learners of Spanish. The research variable is " origin " . " Gender " and " age " variables are not included in this study. A muted video is the instrument to collect the data. Compliment/compliment responses in Arabic and Spanish are analyzed following a taxonomy created by the researchers. In Spanish, explanations were used, whereas in Arabic the use of formulaic courtesy expressions was frequent. In the production of Lebanese learners of Spanish, pragmatic transfer of Arabic formulaic expressions and the influence of foreign languages (French and English) occur.
      46  138
  • Publication
    A Contrastive Study of Arabic and Persian Formulas Against the Evil Eye used by Women
    (2015)
    Ana Ramajo Cuesta 
    ;
    Yousefian, Saloomeh
    In Islamic societies, there exists the belief that a compliment can attract the'evil eye' unless it's accompanied by expressions that invoke God's protection. The purpose of this research is to analyze the use of these expressions and to conduct a contrastive study of Arabic and Persian formulas against the evil eye. In this research, the importance of these expressions and the use of courtesy formulas in responses to compliments about appearance and possessions are analyzed. Participants of the research are: 10 female native speakers of Arabic (between 19 and 24 years old) and 10 female native speakers of Persian (between 27 and 40 years old). Women were chosen in the study as they use more frequently formulas that invoke God's protection. All of them claimed to believe in the evil eye. Participants are requested to view two short videos in which the characters are talking about their appearance and possessions. Once they watch the videos, they recreate the dialogues in their own languages. The researchers analyze the use of formulas against the evil eye and the compliments responses and conduct a comparative study of the use of these formulas in Arabic and Persian.
      93  142