Compliments and compliment responses in Philippine English

Compliment is a speech act that frequently occurs in everyday conversations. It is often used to start a conversation or to ‘lubricate’ the conversational interaction by reinforcing the rapport between the interlocutors. One line of academic research on compliments is to investigate similarities and...

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Main Author: Zhang , Jin-pei
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Penerbit UKM 2013
Online Access:http://journalarticle.ukm.my/6042/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/6042/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/6042/1/2221-4395-1-SM.pdf