Compliment as a speech act: diachronic characteristics

In the first chapter compliment in the theory of speech acts, the difference between compliment and similar speech acts are analyzed; compliment as a speech genre, compliment in the theory of politeness, compliment within etiquette are studied.
The second chapter provides a structural analysis of compliment in the British culture and its diachronic characteristics within British literary works of the XIX – XXI centuries.
The third chapter shows the result of the study of compliment in the American culture as well as its diachronic characteristics within American literary works of the XIX – XXI centuries.

Filonenko D. O. Compliment as a speech act: diachronic characteristics : master paper : 035 Philology / Filonenko D. O. - Kyiv, 2020. - 128 p.