A comparative study of the compliments and compliment responses between English and Persian TV interviews

3L: Language, Linguistics, Literature

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 65-78

  Behnam, Biook ^a   Amizadeh, Niloufar ^a  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Compliment responses; Compliments; Cross cultural; Media discourse; Taarof

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959672634     PISSN: 01285157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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