COMPLIMENTS in English

Instrument of Data Collection COMPLIMENTS

Principal Investigators:

Luis Perea (Lecturer of Linguistics at Mykolaiv National University, Ukraine).

Angelika Solodkaya (Head of the Department of Translation at Mykolaiv National University, Ukraine).

Zoya Oganesyan (Student, Department of English Language and Literature, Mykolaiv National University, Ukraine).

Natalia Romanchuck (Student, Department of English Language and Literature, Mykolaiv National University, Ukraine ).

Svetlana Kushnirenko (Student, Department of English Language and Literature, Mykolaiv National University, Ukraine).

Human Subjects Permission under the "Sociocultural factors in the practice of translation" (state registration number: 0112U004181).

The purpose of this research is to collect compliment expressions that second language learners of English use in their English speaking situations. The aim is to make an interlanguage linguistic comparison of these expressions between native speakers of Russian and Ukrainian using English, with native speakers of English.

Definition of compliment:
“Compliment as a general term means giving praise, credit, eulogy, to a person for any possession, characteristics, skill, etc. and sometimes such an expression has sexual or flattery connotations” (Perea, 1999).

“Compliment means praising another person. An expression which explicitly or implicitly attributes credit to someone other than the speaker, usually the person addressed, for ‘good’ (possession, characteristics, skill, physical looks, etc.) which is positively valued by the speaker and the hearer” (Adapted from Holmes, 1998, p.446).

The objective of the compliments is to establish or to reinforce solidarity. Many of the values reflected through compliments are personal appearance, new acquisitions, possessions, talent and skill. (Manes, 1983).

Some Examples of compliments:
This soup is delicious!
You are intelligent!
Great job today!
Your hair is very pretty!
I love your dress!
You must be tired because you have been running through my mind all day

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* 1. Interviewed person - Do not include your real name (Please use a pseudonym that identifies your gender; e.g. Mary or John, etc.)

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* 2. Please select your gender

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* 3. Place of birth (region and city) and Age.

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* 4. To what socio economic level do you consider yourself? (Upper level class, middle class, etc.) and where do you currently live?

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* 5. Please select the profession that identifies you best

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* 6. How many years have you been studying English?

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* 7. In which situations do you currently use English? (Please select all those which apply)

In school, in the university

With my students

With my teachers

With my classmates

With native speakers of English

In my work (talking with other users of English)

At home (watching movies, TV, reading a book, surfing the internet, listening to music)

With my English speaking friends (at school, online, etc.)

Other

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* 8. What skills do you currently use in English? Click those that apply.

Writing skills (for instance, writing an essay, an email, a text, etc.)

Listening skills (for instance, listening to other users of English, movies, TV, music, etc.)

Speaking / Oral skills (for instance, speaking with other English users, talking on the phone, Skype, etc.)

Reading skills (for instance, reading a book, a novel, an article, the Web, an announcement, etc.)

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* 9. In a typical week, what percentage of your time do you use English in any skill category (reading, writing, speaking, listening) - Please slide the cursor to represent your time.

100

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i We adjusted the number you entered based on the slider’s scale.

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* 10. What is the last compliment in ENGLISH that you have given to somebody else? What were your exact words?

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* 11. About what did you comment on?

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* 12. What tone did you use? Was it sarcastic, sincere, funny, surprised, etc.?

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* 13. How long ago did you say the compliment (since today)? (6 hours, 1 day, 3 hours, etc.)

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* 14. The person who received the compliment was male, female or a group of people?

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* 15. What was the approximate age of the person who received the compliment?

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* 16. Which is your relationship with the person who received the compliment? (friend, acquaintance, stranger, coworker, family member, spouse, significant other, etc.).

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* 17. What is the last compliment in ENGLISH that you have received from a fellow Ukrainian who speaks English as a second language, and what were the exact words?

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* 18. What kind of tone did the person who told you the compliment use? Was it sarcastic, sincere, funny, surprised, etc.?

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* 19. What was the point of the person who told you the compliment? What did the person comment on?

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* 20. How long ago did you receive the compliment (since today), (6 hours, 1 day, 3 hours, etc.)?

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* 21. The person who told you the compliment was male or female?

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* 22. What was the approximate age of the person who told you the compliment?

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* 23. Which is your relationship with the person who told you the compliment? (friend, acquaintance, stranger, coworker, family member, spouse, significant other, etc.).