Requests in corner shop transactions in Ecuadorian Andean and Coastal Spanish

3. Regional pragmatic variation

“…Nonetheless, Placencia's (2008) study at the sub-national level sheds a different light on such a differentiation between Ecuadorian and Peninsular Spanish. Placencia (2008) compared corner shop transactions in Ecuadorian Andean (Quito) and Coastal Spanish (Manta) based on audio-recordings and observation of naturally occurring interactions.…”

“…The analysis of features of the overall organization of conversation, such as how particular interactions are opened and closed, would also come under this domain (cf. Schneider 2008; Márquez Reiter and Placencia 2004;Placencia 2008). …”

“…Curcó 1998; Curcó and de Fina 2002;Félix Brasdefer 2008b;Márquez Reiter 2002, 2003Placencia 1998Placencia , 2005Placencia , 2008. Only scant attention has been given to other speech acts such as apologies (cf.…”

“…Márquez Reiter and Placencia 2004;Placencia 2008), stylistic (cf. Jørgensen 2008Placencia 2005Placencia , 2008 and non-verbal domains (cf. Bravo 1998) have also been explored, albeit to a much smaller degree.…”

“…Placencia (2008) compared corner shop transactions in Ecuadorian Andean (Quito) and Coastal Spanish (Manta) based on audio-recordings and observation of naturally occurring interactions. At the illocutionary level, as in Placencia (1998Placencia ( , 2005, this study shows an overall preference for direct requests in both Quito and Manta for service transactions (e.g.…”