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The function of compliment is the establishment or reinforcement of solidarity between the speaker and the addressee. It has been believed that it is customary for the person complimented to deny the compliments in Japanese. However, observing how native speakers respond to the compliments, we would find various ways of responding besides denying. This paper attempts to study the following questions: (1) what type of compliment responses are prevalent in Japanese (2) how native speakers of Japanese complimented shift the way of responding to the compliments depending on the interlocutor's age, status, and sex (3) how language teachers should deal with compliment responses in the classroom. It seems that the subject "compliment" or "compliment responses" has been neglected in teaching Japanese as a second language. It would be significant and meaningful, if the Japanese language teachers take the findings of this study into consideration.
横浜国立大学の論文