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Compliment Acceptance

Compliment Acceptance is a pragmatic speech act strategy belonging to the class of responses to evaluative remarks, specifically characterized by the recipient's acknowledgment that affirms the positive assessment conveyed in the compliment, thereby maintaining social harmony and face solidarity in interpersonal communication.

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2017–2026

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Sex-based differences in compliment behavior

Robert K. Herbert · Language in Society · 1990 · 390 citations

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Arabic and English Compliment Responses: Potential for Pragmatic Failure

Gayle L. Nelson, Mahmoud Al‐Batal, Edward C. Echols · Applied Linguistics · 1996 · 158 citations

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Egyptian and American compliments: A cross-cultural study

Gayle L. Nelson, Waguida El Bakary, Mahmoud Al Batal · International Journal of Intercultural Relations · 1993 · 77 citations

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Interlinguistic Variation and Similarity in Second Language Speech Act Behavior

Ming-chung Yu · Modern Language Journal · 2004 · 68 citations

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Different generations, different face? A discursive approach to naturally occurring compliment responses in Chinesen

Yun He · Journal of Politeness Research · 2012 · 63 citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. GL
    Gayle L. Nelson

    Georgia State University, United States

    2 publications · 235 citations

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  2. KP
    K Pat

    Lancaster University, United Kingdom

    1 publications · 16 citations

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  3. HS
    Helen Spencer‐Oatey

    University of Warwick, United Kingdom

    1 publications · 33 citations

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  4. NA
    Namiah Al-Ghamdi

    Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Saudi Arabia

    1 publications · 21 citations

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  5. MM
    Montserrat Mir

    Universitat de Lleida, Spain

    1 publications · 11 citations

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Institutions

31

  1. Georgia State University

    Atlanta, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    235 citations

  2. Emory University

    Atlanta, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    235 citations

  3. Al al-Bayt University

    Al Mafraq, Jordan

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    21 citations

  4. University of Waterloo

    Waterloo, Canada

    1 h-index

    4 publications

    168 citations

  5. Shanghai University of International Business and Economics

    Shanghai, China

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    16 citations

  6. Damascus University

    Damascus, Syria

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    158 citations

  7. Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University

    Dammam, Saudi Arabia

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    21 citations

  8. HKU-Pasteur Research Pole

    Hong Kong, Hong Kong

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    16 citations

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Venues

  1. Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences

    1 publications · 11 citations

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  2. Journal of Asian Pacific Communication

    JAPC · 1 publications · 33 citations

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  3. Journal of Politeness Research

    1 publications · 63 citations

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  4. Journal of Language Teaching and Research

    JLTR · 1 publications · 18 citations

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  5. Applied Linguistics

    1 publications · 158 citations

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