In  this  paper,  the  authors  investigate  whether  Persians  who  have  been  exposed  to  Australian culture are still affected by their cultural norms—in particular by the politeness system taarof—in responding to compliments in an intercultural interaction.  Compliment responses  were elicited—through  a  Discourse  Completion  Task—from  thirty  participants  (five  males  and  five  fem...

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...

This paper analyses a corpus of compliment responses in Turkish according to the conversational maxim approach (Leech 1983, 2003) and face-management (Brown Levinson 1987) with view extending conceptualisation self-presentation theorising on politeness. It observes that two theories ground politeness consideration for alter give precedence sense displaying deference solidarity at expense self-p...

This presentation displays information about effective teacher-student conferencing to improve elementary students’ independent reading comprehension. highlights Jennifer Serravallo’s Research-Compliment-Teach (RCT) model. One of the most critical components any strategy is goal setting. Goal setting helps provide individualized, meaningful motivation and feedback students as they develop reade...

Compliment has been regarded by many as an expression to show one’s fondness and good wishes, and it is defined in the dictionary as “an expression of praise, admiration, or congratulation; a formal act of civility, courtesy or respect” (The American Heritage Dictionary, p. 302). Another definition accepted by many scholars is that “a compliment is a speech act which explicitly or implicitly at...

So far blushing has been examined in the context of a negative rather than a positive reinforcement where visual displays of a blush were based on subjective measures. The current study used infrared imaging to measure thermal patterns of the face while with the use of a video camera quantified on the visible spectrum alterations in skin color related to a compliment. To elicit a blush a three-...

This paper reports on the findings of a study designed to investigate the cultural and social complexities governing the compliment responses among the Persian native speakers. 200 Persian respondents took a 24-item Discourse Completion Task (DCT) while 15 native field workers were also set responsible for collecting the examples of complimenting exchanges they either observed or participated i...