Complimenting behavior, as a common speech act of human beings, has become an intriguing topic in linguistics and its sub-branches. Compliment responses can be seen as solutions for maintaining a balance between (1) a preference to avoid self-praise and (2) a preference to accept or agree with the compliment (Pomerantz 1978). In the present study, the definition of a compliment draws on the wor...

Realization of expressive acts is a phenomenon pragmatics that appears in movie. This descriptive qualitative research aimed at examining the types and how were realized In collecting data, this implemented observational method non-participatory technique. Pragmatic identity pragmatic competence- equalizing technique applied as analyzing data. Regarding theory, theory carried out by Searle Vand...

This paper uses an analytical model to examine the economics of compliments. Salespersons give compliments to clients. Academics give compliments to other individuals in the field. Employees in a company give compliments to peers and superiors. The central question of this research is who will invest more in a compliment and how does this investment depend on the receiver. In a model of full in...

Politeness, as a universal phenomenon in society, is a reflection of specific cultural values, which can be observed in all languages and cultures. This thesis attempts to make a comparative study of politeness behavior between English and Chinese on the contrastive analyses on such linguistic behaviors as addressing, greeting, complimenting. Owing to different beliefs and values, and different...

In a first of its kind, a 20 year old Hindu, highlander, working girl presented with abnormal behavior, unrelenting symptoms, had limited benefit by usual treatment and was diagnosed as possession syndrome. Exorcism offered symptomatic relief. The girl resumed normal activities with no recurrence in a 12 month follow up. Possession syndrome is explained in both medical and theological perspecti...

This research aimed to find out the expressive speech acts uttered by characters in Love at First Swipe web series. The data were taken from related utterances found dialogues of analyzed using theorized Searle (1979) & Ilie Norrick (2018). applied observational method and non-participatory technique Sudaryanto (2015) for collecting data. also pragmatics equalizing analyze As results, there...

Complimenting wind and solar with nuclear power could help create a balanced efficient energy grid in geographically-challenged locations.