Affiliation:
1. Germanistisches Seminar, Universität Heidelberg , Hauptstraße 207–209 , Heidelberg 69117 , Germany
Abstract
AbstractDecoding the implicitness of evaluative judgment in compliments (based on the cross-cultural analysis of conversations in male gender-homogeneneous groups). In this paper, the implicit (anti)compliments within male gender-homogeneneous groups are examined in a contrastive way. After reviewing some findings to the implicit compliments, the paper deals with a case study referring to decoding of implicit positive evaluative judgment, which constitutes a primary illocution of the compliment. The following study examines whether there are certain differences and similarities in the frequency, subject matter and phonological design of implicit (anti)compliments in [the] groups of males with different cultural backgrounds. The study also shows whichcontextualization cuescan contribute to the decoding of the negative evaluative statement in implicit anticompliments.
Subject
Linguistics and Language,History
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