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ERIC Number: EJ445947
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1992
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0142-6001
Compliments and Politeness in Peer-Review Tests.
Johnson, Donna M.
Applied Linguistics, v13 n1 p51-71 Mar 1992
Reports on an analysis of the forms, strategies, and functions of complimenting in one genre of written discourse. It is argued that writers use complimenting discourse strategies to establish and maintain rapport and to mitigate both global and genre-specific face-threatening acts and that these social purposes help account for both their frequency and patterning in the texts. (37 references) (JL)
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Interpersonal Communication, Language Patterns, Peer Evaluation, Semantics, Syntax, Written Language
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Compliments; Politeness