Publications

Publication details [#20532]

Lewandowska-Tomaszczyk, Barbara. 1989. Praising and complimenting. In Kienpointer, Manfred. The pragmatics of argumentation. In : 277–288. : 73–100.

Publication type

Article in book

Publication language

English

Keywords

complimenting | praising

Language as a subject

English | English, American | Polish

Annotation

An analysis of praising and complimenting in Polish, with reference to (and comparison with) English and American English data. Praising and complimenting are seen as social strategies, and analysed in terms of linguistic structure and discourse organisation.