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Publication details [#7672]
Pomerantz, Anita M. 1978. Compliment responses: Notes on the co-operation of multiple constraints. In Schenkein, Jim, ed. Studies in the organization of conversational interaction. Academic Press. pp. 79–112. 
Publication type
Article in book
Publication language
English
Keywords
Annotation
An attempt to explain the discrepancy between the frequent occurrence of downgrading and rejecting responses to compliments and the fact that accepting responses are generally preferred.