Perceptions in Time Management between Cultures

An approach to the topic: Mexican Spanish

Abstract

The use of the diminutive is characteristic in some time expressions in Spanish as a product of social convention and while the same social convention does not seem to have attributed a temporal reference to such expressions that make sense in a deferred and subjective way in interpersonal relations between fellow country people, its use in interpersonal relations with foreigners is more complex and confusing. Given this linguistic-cultural, here are the results of a qualitative research with respect to the use of expressions of time including the

use of the diminutives in Spanish; considering the perceptions of Mexicans and foreigners in our context.

Key words: time expressions, diminutive, perceptions, Mexicans, foreign people