Abstract

espanolEl presente estudio pretende detectar las tendencias actuales en los piropos espanoles hechos tanto por hombres como por mujeres en una muestra de 224 piropos proporcionados por 40 participantes, estudiantes universitarios en la Universidad de Granada (Andalucia, Espana). Se estudia la frecuencia de los piropos mas habituales. El analisis morfologico clasifica la muestra por categoria de palabras e incluye el vocabulario completo usado en la muestra junto a datos sobre el numero de palabras, de palabras diferentes y la frecuencia de aparicion de las palabras en el texto. Se determinan algunas caracteristicas y recursos expresivos utilizados. El estudio confirma que el piropo es hiperbolico por naturaleza y que combina una amplia variedad de recursos expresivos. En los piropos de hombres la palabra mas frecuente es bombon, seguida por guapa y sol, mientras que las mujeres prefieren guapo y bueno. En cuanto a la categoria gramatical, los hombres emplean mas sustantivos, seguidos por pronombres, verbos y adjetivos en cuarta posicion, a diferencia de las mujeres que se inclinan por los adjetivos en segundo lugar EnglishThis study aims to detect the current trends in Spanish compliments and flirtatious remarks made both by women and men. A sample of 224 compliments and flirtatious remarks is examined, provided by 40 participants―university students from the University of Granada (Andalusia, Spain). We study the frequency of the most common compliments; carry out a morphological analysis of the sample by word category, and also analyse the complete vocabulary used in the sample, with the number of words and of different words, word appearance frequency in the text, included. Some characteristics and expressive resources utilized are determined. The study confirms that the compliment/flirtatious remark is by nature hyperbolic and combines a wide variety of expressive resources. In the men’s compliments the most frequent word is “bombon” [stunner/gorgeous], followed by “guapa” [pretty] and “sol” [sweetie/darling], while the women prefer “guapo” [handsome/goodlooking] and “bueno” [good]. With regard to grammatical category, the men use more nouns, followed by pronouns, verbs and adjectives in fourth position, compared to the women, who favour adjectives more, being in second place.

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