Complimenting Behavior

Complimenting Behavior is a pragmatic discourse behavior in cross-cultural communication that consists of expressing admiration or approval toward another individual or their attributes, achievements, or possessions, distinguished by its culturally mediated forms, functions, and sociopragmatic norms governing appropriateness, content, and recipient response.

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2017–2026

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Cross-cultural Discourse

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Compliments in Cross-Cultural Perspective

Nessa Wolfson · TESOL Quarterly · 1981 · 284 citations

Language Studies, English As A Second Language, Linguistics +16

The compliment as a social strategy

Nessa Wolfson, Joan Manes · Paper in Linguistics · 1980 · 241 citations

Language Studies, Communication, Linguistics +13

Teachers and Students Learning about Compliments

Janet Holmes, Dorothy F. Brown · TESOL Quarterly · 1987 · 195 citations

Language Studies, Second Language Studies, Teaching +17

Intercultural Encounters

Dean C. Barnlund, Shoko Araki · Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology · 1985 · 166 citations

Social Sciences, Communication, Social Psychology +17

DEVELOPING POSITIVE SOCIAL‐EMOTIONAL BEHAVIORS: A STUDY OF TRAINING AND GENERALIZATION EFFECTS1

Thomas P. Cooke, Tony Apolloni · Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis · 1976 · 148 citations · Full text

Education, Behavioral Sciences, Psychology +16

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John S. Seiter
Utah State University, United States
3 publications · 163 citations
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Nessa Wolfson
University of Pennsylvania, United States
2 publications · 525 citations
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María Elena Placencia
Birkbeck, University of London, United Kingdom
2 publications · 108 citations
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Amanda Lower
University of Northern Iowa, United States
2 publications · 108 citations
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Donna M. Johnson
University of Arizona, United States
2 publications · 128 citations
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Multilingua
3 publications · 230 citations
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TESOL Quarterly
2 publications · 479 citations
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Pragmatics Quarterly Publication of the International Pragmatics Association (IPrA)
2 publications · 118 citations
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Journal of Applied Social Psychology
2 publications · 151 citations
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The Journal of Consumer Satisfaction, Dissatisfaction & Complaining Behavior
2 publications · 55 citations
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