Greetings United States of America Both men and women usually smile and shake hands when greeting. The American handshake is usually firm. Good friends and relatives may embrace when they meet‚ especially after a long absence. In casual situations‚ people may wave rather than shake hands. Friends also wave to each other at a distance. Americans may greet strangers on the street by saying ‘Hello’ or ‘Good morning’ (in Spanish‚ Hola or Buenos días)‚ although they may pass without any greeting. Among
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Greetings Greeting is an act of communication in which human beings (as well as other animals) intentionally make their presence known to each other‚ to show attention to‚ and to suggest a type of relationship or social status between individuals or groups of people coming in contact with each other. While greeting customs are highlyculture- and situation-specific and may change within a culture depending on social status and relationship‚ they exist in all known human cultures. Greetings can be
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HO CHI MINH CITY UNIVERSITY OF PEDAGOGY ENGLISH DEPARTMENT ((( Vietnamese and English Greetings: A contrastive analysis Instructor : Nguyen Ngoc Vu Student: Tran Thi Bich Hanh Class: 4A-07 Ho Chi Minh City 12/2010 Abstract We learn a second language or a foreign language for different purposes. It may ensure a better job‚ a better payment‚ or new opportunities as well as open ways to meet
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GREETINGS IN ENGLISH AND VIETNAMESE: A CONTRASTIVE ANALYSIS HCMC University of pedagogy Instructor: Bui Nguyen Khanh Student: Huynh Thi Thanh Chau
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Running head: ENGLISH AND VIETNAMESE GREETINGS 1 Contrastive Analysis: English and Vietnamese Greetings Nguyen Thi Bich Hang University of Education ENGLISH AND VIETNAMESE GREETINGS 2 As we all know‚ differences in culture are one of the main problems leading to a failure of communication. Thus‚ if learners want to develop their communicative competence in the target language‚ besides listening and speaking‚ they should improve a wide knowledge about sociolinguistics. Usually in daily
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GREETING AND INTRODUCING YOURSELF AND OTHERS Greetings (more formal) * Good morning. * Good morning‚ Sir. * Good morning‚ Madam. * Good afternoon. * Good noon/day. * Good evening. * Goodnight.Greetings (less formal) * Hello‚ how are you? / how are you doing? Very well‚ thank you. What about you? * Hello‚ how are you today? Hello‚ I’m fine‚ thank you. And you? * How is everything? * How’s everything going? * How have you been keeping? *
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When greeting friends or strangers‚ one shakes hands and says Nasılsınız? (How are you?) or Merhaba (Hello). A typical response to Nasılsınız is İyiyim‚ teşekkür ederim (Fine‚ thank you). Greetings among friends are followed by polite inquiries about one’s health‚ family‚ and work. Unless they are conservative Muslims‚ close friends of the same (and sometimes the opposite) gender clasp hands and kiss on both cheeks when greeting. The hands of an older person may be kissed and touched to the greeter’s
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yale case 08-010 American Greetings An Automation versus Outsourcing Dilemma Andrea R. Nagy1 Gene Lee 2 Arthur Swersey3 As part of an industry with generous profit margins and high barriers to entry‚ American th Greetings had spent decades in a comfortable position. Beginning at the turn of the 20 century‚ it had helped to create a mass market for the greeting card and had presided over its growth into a multi-billion-dollar industry. Because the manufacturing of cards—especially those with
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Continuation of the Greeting Card The perfect words‚ the right sentiments‚ the ability to say exactly what we ourselves can’t: just a few ways greeting cards are defined. Greeting cards‚ the stars of today‚ started with a humble beginning. The custom of sending greeting cards can be traced back to the ancient Chinese‚ who exchanged messages of good will to celebrate the New Year‚ and to the early Egyptians‚ who conveyed their greetings on papyrus scrolls. By the early 1400s‚ handmade paper greeting cards were
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weddings‚ sympathy‚ get well soon‚ or simply no reason at all. These are just a few of the multitudes of reasons and occasions for which one might decide to send a greeting card. The average person in the United States will receive 20 greeting cards per year‚ one-third of which are birthday related greetings (GCA). The American greeting card industry has been in existence since the late 1800’s and has involved into a highly profitable sector of the retail sales world consisting of countless competitors
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