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C (complimenter):What a polite child!
R(recipient) : Thank you. We do our best.来~自^751论+文.网www.751com.cn/
(2)Context: Ray is the conductor of the choir.
C: The choir was wonderful, you must be really pleased.
R: Yes, they were good, weren’t they?
(Holmes, 1995: 117)
2.2 Structure of Compliment
The compliment speech event has the common feature of the adjacency pair (Schegloff and Sacks, 1973: 296). This means that a compliment is usually composed of two parts, one is the compliment sentence, and the other is response sentence. If someone offers a positive comment to us, we may answer it in three ways generally. The first is to accept or agree. For example:
Xiao Ming: You did a good job in this examination. That’s great of you!
Xiao Wang: Thank you! I tried my best.
The second is to reject or disagree:
Xiao Ming: You did a good job in this examination. That’s great of you!
Xiao Wang: You must be joking! I’ve never done such a bad job.
The third is to avoid talking about this topic (actually it’s to some degree a kind of rejection or disagreement):
Xiao Ming: You did a good job in this examination. That’s great of you!
Xiao Wang: It’s time to go to class, let’s go.
Compliment Sentence Typical Methods Response Style
Give A Positive Comment NP+ BE/LOOK+ ADJ