“THE IMPORTANCE OF COMPLIMENTS IN SPEECH ETIQUETTE AND SPEECH BEHAVIOR”

Abstract

The current article is intended to explicate how the importance of compliments in speech etiquette and speech behavior by displaying the place of compliments in the conversation making process. The article identifies the following research which is executed by Austin and Searle. Another achievement of the article is the analysis of various studies of speech acts by various scientists, both European and Russian, which provide an accurate analysis of all types of speech acts, identify theories that coincide with the views of the author, and those that contradict them, complement by describes the concept of a compliment through the speech act paradigm. Analysis shows some doubts about the true disposition of compliment in the speech act.