Publications
Publication details [#40905]
Yu, Ming-Chung. 2004. Interlinguistic Variation and Similarity in Second Language Speech Act Behavior. The Modern Language Journal 88 (1) : 102–119. 
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
Language as a subject
Place, Publisher
Blackwell Publishers
Journal WWW
Annotation
This study compares the compliment response behavior of 2 Chinese learner groups of English with that of native Chinese and English speakers in order to define their compliment responses in different situations when two contextual variables, that is addressees' status and gender, vary.