“Pura vida”: A Costa Rican Cultural Expression from a Foreigner’s Perspective
This paper will examine the Costa Rican expression “pura vida”. This expression, which has come to represent Costa Rica itself, is literallyseen and heard everywhere in the country. Even though a superficialinterpretation of these two words may be as simple as “hello,” “good-bye,” “thank you” or...
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RLM346882020-07-23T17:38:58Z “Pura vida”: A Costa Rican Cultural Expression from a Foreigner’s Perspective Smith, Andrew cultural identity construction of identity language and identity popular culture Costa Rican expressions This paper will examine the Costa Rican expression “pura vida”. This expression, which has come to represent Costa Rica itself, is literallyseen and heard everywhere in the country. Even though a superficialinterpretation of these two words may be as simple as “hello,” “good-bye,” “thank you” or “you’re welcome,” a close study of how the expression is used reveals that it is far more elaborate and complex than it appears. It is quite possible that not even Costa Ricans genuinely understand all the potential meanings that the expression “pura vida” embraces. Escuela de Lenguas Modernas, Universidad de Costa Rica 2018-10-11 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Article Artículo evaluado por pares application/pdf application/epub+zip text/html https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rlm/article/view/34688 10.15517/rlm.v0i28.34688 Journal Of Modern Languages; No. 28 (2018) Revista de Lenguas Modernas; Núm. 28 (2018) 2215-5643 1659-1933 10.15517/rlm.v0i28 spa https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rlm/article/view/34688/pdf https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rlm/article/view/34688/epub https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rlm/article/view/34688/html |
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This paper will examine the Costa Rican expression “pura vida”. This expression, which has come to represent Costa Rica itself, is literallyseen and heard everywhere in the country. Even though a superficialinterpretation of these two words may be as simple as “hello,” “good-bye,” “thank you” or “you’re welcome,” a close study of how the expression is used reveals that it is far more elaborate and complex than it appears. It is quite possible that not even Costa Ricans genuinely understand all the potential meanings that the expression “pura vida” embraces.
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“Pura vida”: A Costa Rican Cultural Expression from a Foreigner’s Perspective |
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“Pura vida”: A Costa Rican Cultural Expression from a Foreigner’s Perspective |
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Escuela de Lenguas Modernas, Universidad de Costa Rica |
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