"Du bist einfach ein Schönling/ein Prachtkerl!" - zur Kontrastivität des expliziten Kompliments in der männlichen Kommunikation = "You are so handsome!" - on ambivalence and contrastivity of explicit compliments in men’s communication

In this paper, the explicit compliments within male gender-homogeneous groups are examined in a contrastive way. There are some findings in gender linguistics that notice a low frequency of this speech act in male groups and ascribe certain thematic priorities to them. Although it has been postulate...

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Main Author: Khrystenko, Oksana (Author)
Format: Article (Journal)
Language:German
Published: 2022
In: Lebende Sprachen
Year: 2022, Volume: 67, Issue: 2, Pages: 390-413
ISSN:1868-0267
DOI:10.1515/les-2022-1031
Online Access:Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1515/les-2022-1031
Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.1515/les-2022-1031/html
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