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Compliments and positive politeness strategies | ||
| journal of the college of basic education | ||
| Article 1, Volume 17, Issue 71, 2011, Pages 111-126 | ||
| Author | ||
| Jassim Nasser Al-Azzawi | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Compliments are speech acts which maintain, improve or support the addressee’s face. They are used as a positive politeness strategy which notices the addressee’s interests, wants, needs and goods. People give and receive compliments on various topics, such as appearance, ability, performance and possessions. his study tries to examine the complimenting behaviour of English speakers, as a strategy to express positive politeness. It tries to describe the linguistic structures of compliments, functions of compliments, types of compliment responses, and the differences between men and women in paying compliments. | ||
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