Compliments and Positive Assessments

Strubel-Burgdorf, Susanne

doi:10.1075/pbns.289

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“…The first three patterns accounted for most of the syntactic features. Other researchers, too, found that these syntactic patterns were the most frequent, although the second and third patterns had reverse orders (Strubel-Burgdorf 2018, Rose 2001). Manes and Wolfson (1981) also note that 96% of the compliments included positive adjectives and verbs.…”

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The speech act of compliment in student-teacher interaction: A case study of Emirati university students’ attitudes

Deveci

Midraj

El-Sokkary

2023

Russian Journal of Linguistics

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For effective communication, interlocutors must be cognizant of lingua-cultural aspects in context-dependent situations. Among others, they include culturally and linguistically diverse university settings where students are tempted to complain about grades to teachers and request grade changes. To reduce the negative impact of these speech acts, students may resort to compliments whose utilization varies from culture to culture. This study investigated the attitudes of 146 undergraduate Emirati students towards complimenting an instructor from a different lingua-cultural background before negotiating a grade at a university in the United Arab Emirates that uses English as the medium of instruction. Data were collected using a survey and a discourse completion task. Results show that 49% of the respondents thought that it would be appropriate to use a compliment prior to a complaint about a grade or a request for regrading. Students primarily complimented their teacher’s teaching skills and effort in teaching. The syntactic structures of their compliments mainly included You+V+NP (You+Verb+Noun Phrase). Results highlight the significance of considering interlocutors’ lingua-cultural backgrounds and the potential impacts of an ulterior motive behind a compliment in deciding whether or not to produce one. If it is used, topics (i.e., what is complimented upon) to include in the compliment must be chosen delicately, considering the cross-cultural nature of the context and social status of the interlocutors.

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The speech act of compliment in student-teacher interaction: A case study of Emirati university students’ attitudes

Deveci

Midraj

El-Sokkary

2023

Russian Journal of Linguistics

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“…Cited in Strubel-burgdorf (2012) Holmes stated that compliment is speech acts which explicitly or implicitly attributes credit to someone other than the speaker, usually the person addressed, for some 'good ' (possession, characteristic, skill).…”

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Male and Female Compliment Patterns and Topics Used by Bts Fans’ Comments on Hybe Labels

Khabibah¹,

Laili²

2022

TEFLICS

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Compliment is a polite expression of praise and admiration, an action or situation that implies admiration or respect. One of the important features that evaluation produces is compliments: compliments reflect cultural values, beliefs and speaker. Non-linguistic factor that can affect the use of language, such as compliments, is gender. Male and female use different words, so the manner they provide compliments are also different. This study was conducted to discover the male and female compliment patterns and topics used in BTS fans’ comments on the Hybe Labels’ YouTube channel. The researcher used qualitative descriptive method in this study. It analyzes the form of compliment given by male and female fans to BTS through YouTube comments. This final project explained, analyzed and interpreted the fan compliments to BTS. The results of this study showed that male and female BTS fans’ compliments follow a simple syntax pattern, using adjectival compliments rather than verbs of liking. These compliment topics are appearance, hard work, performance, possession, achievement, skill, and talent. The most used theme in this survey is compliment for skill, primarily from male fans. In summary, there is not much difference between male and female fans when it comes to complementing BTS's Dynamite music video on Hybe Labels' YouTube channel.

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Chapter 8. The interpersonal effects of complimenting others and self-praise in online health settings

Rohr

Locher

2020

Complimenting Behavior and (Self-)Praise Across Social Media

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Compliments and Positive Assessments

Cited by 11 publications

References 211 publications

The speech act of compliment in student-teacher interaction: A case study of Emirati university students’ attitudes

The speech act of compliment in student-teacher interaction: A case study of Emirati university students’ attitudes

Male and Female Compliment Patterns and Topics Used by Bts Fans’ Comments on Hybe Labels

Chapter 8. The interpersonal effects of complimenting others and self-praise in online health settings

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