POLITENESS IN BRAZIL AND SPAIN: A COMPARATIVE CASE STUDY

Politeness in Brazil and Spain: a comparative case study

The aim of this paper is to present some results of a comparative study between the politeness strategies that two Spanish and two Brazilian professors would use, both in Portuguese and Spanish, in twelve hypothetical BANANA HEMP CEREAL situations presented on a social behavior questionnaire.This work is based on a previous study published by Piatt

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Tailoring the Generalized 2D Airy Beam

Generalized two-dimensional (2D) Airy beam is a kind of self-accelerating beam with variable initial angle between its two wings, manifested itself as an initial Dumbbells angle determined parabolic trajectory during the free-space propagation.However, the independent and flexible manipulation of both the transverse optical field and longitudinal t

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