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Complimenting Behavior in French/American Cross-Cultural Dinner Conversations.
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Wieland, Molly – French Review, 1995
This study analyzed complimenting behavior in French between French native speakers and American advanced French learners in seven dinner party conversations. Data are found to provide a rich source of lessons in politeness for both sociolinguistic and pedagogic descriptions of French speech acts. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Discourse Analysis, French, Intercultural Communication