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Publication details [#21031]

Wolfson, Nessa. 1981. Compliments in cross-cultural perspective. TESOL Quarterly 15 (2) : 117–124.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
Language as a subject

Annotation

Analysis of the speech act of complimenting. The semantic and syntactic structure of compliments in American English is described and comparisons are made with complimenting behavior in other cultures.