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English and English-American literature Volume 49
published_at 2014-12-20
A cross-cultural study of compliments and compliment responses in conversation （宮崎充保教授退職記念号）
A cross-cultural study of compliments and compliment responses in conversation （宮崎充保教授退職記念号）
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This article examines previous studies of compliments and compliment responses in different cultures and languages. Compliments are speech acts that are used to negotiate solidarity in daily conversation, which are related to the concepts of face work in politeness theory (Brown and Levinson, 1978
Creator Keywords
compliment
compliment response
cross-cultural comparison
discourse analysis
Japanese conversation
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