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Complimentary language and gender. Complimentary language is a speech act that caters to positive face needs. Positive face, according to Brown and Levinson, is "the positive consistent self-image or 'personality' (crucially including the desire that this self-image be appreciated and approved of) claimed by interactions". [1]
Compliment sandwich. A diagram displaying feedback about a workshop in a sandwich shape. A background with + signs is for the positive evaluations; a background with ~ and - signs is for the negative evaluations. A compliment sandwich[1] praise sandwich, or feedback sandwich is a rhetorical technique to deliver criticism in a way that it is ...
135 Best Compliments for Girls. The first eight compliments come recommended by relationship expert Audrey Hope. 1. "You look radiant." (This compliment focuses on the positive energy she exudes ...
Jack of all trades. " Jack of all trades, master of none " is a figure of speech used in reference to a person who has dabbled in many skills, rather than gaining expertise by focusing on only one. The original version, " a jack of all trades ", is often used as a compliment for a person who is good at fixing things and has a good level of ...
Why Taylor Swift’s Response to Compliments Is Perfect. Swift’s response to compliments isn’t just a childhood saying. She’s stuck with it all her life because it works and, even more ...
Politeness theory, proposed by Penelope Brown and Stephen Levinson, centers on the notion of politeness, construed as efforts to redress the affronts to a person's self-esteems or face (as in "save face" or "lose face") in social interactions. [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8] Notable concepts include positive and negative face, the face threatening act ...
Intellectual giftedness. Intellectual giftedness is an intellectual ability significantly higher than average. It is a characteristic of children, variously defined, that motivates differences in school programming. It is thought to persist as a trait into adult life, with various consequences studied in longitudinal studies of giftedness over ...
Praise. Praise as a form of social interaction expresses recognition, reassurance or admiration. Praise is expressed verbally as well as by body language (facial expression and gestures). Verbal praise consists of a positive evaluations of another's attributes or actions, where the evaluator presumes the validity of the standards on which the ...