Publications

Publication details [#20413]

Holmes, Janet. 1988. Paying compliments: A sex-preferential politeness strategy. Journal of Pragmatics 12 : 445–465.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

complimenting | politeness | speech act | women's vs. men's language

Language as a subject

English, New Zealand

Journal WWW

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Annotation

Comparative analysis examining women's and men's complimenting behavior, exploring the function of compliments on the one hand as positively affective speech acts and exemplary positive politeness strategies, and on the other as potentially face threatening acts. Data from New Zealand.